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pourpoint

UK/ˈpʊəˌpɔɪnt//ˈpʊ(ə)ɹˌpɔɪnt/

pourpoint noun: a quilted military doublet or gambeson worn in the 14th and 15th centuries.

Noun

pourpoint (plural pourpoints)

  1. (historical) A quilted military doublet or gambeson worn in the 14th and 15th centuries.
    • The old tunic, overtunic and cyclas were too sad and simple for the new fashions, so now strange and brilliant cotehardies, pourpoints, courtepies, paltocks, hanselines and many other wondrous garments, particoloured or diapered, with looped, embroidered or escalloped edges, flamed and glittered...1905-06, Arthur Conan Doyle, Sir Nigel
  2. (historical) A doublet of the 16th and 17th centuries worn by civilians.

Forms of pourpoint

pluralpourpoints

Origin of pourpoint

From Middle English purpoynt, from Anglo-Norman purpoint, alteration of perpoint, from Late Latin perpunctum, from per- + punctum (“pierced”). The modern spelling is influenced by French pourpoint.

Questions about pourpoint

What does pourpoint mean?
Pourpoint means a quilted military doublet or gambeson worn in the 14th and 15th centuries.
What part of speech is pourpoint?
Pourpoint is a noun.
How do you pronounce pourpoint?
Pourpoint is pronounced /ˈpʊəˌpɔɪnt/ (UK).
What is the plural of pourpoint?
The plural of pourpoint is pourpoints.

Words near pourpoint in the dictionary

  1. pourovers
  2. pourparler
  3. pourparlers
  4. pourparties
  5. pourparty
  6. pourpoint
  7. pourpointerie
  8. pourpointing
  9. pourpoints
  10. pourpresture
  11. pourprestures

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