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Definition of Pourpoint
1. n. A quilted military doublet or gambeson worn in the 14th and 15th centuries; also, a name for the doublet of the 16th and 17th centuries worn by civilians.
Definition of Pourpoint
1. Noun. A quilted military doublet or gambeson worn in the 14th and 15th centuries. ¹
2. Noun. A doublet of the 16th and 17th centuries worn by civilians. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Pourpoint
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pourpoint
Literary usage of Pourpoint
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The French Verb Newly Treated: An Easy, Uniform, and Synthetic Method of Its by Amédée Esclangon (1895)
"pourpoint, doublet : ati old species of vest. On raconte île Pétrarque que, dans
ses promenades solitaires, il écrivait sur son pourpoint île peau les vers ..."
2. The English Illustrated Magazine (1908)
"Clad in mouse-colour, with black and white pourpoint, and, above, a hangdog,
flaccid face, baggy-eyed, its flesh like lard, this eldest of the tainted ..."
3. Archaeologia, Or, Miscellaneous Tracts Relating to Antiquity by Society of Antiquaries of London (1821)
"Also arms, as swords, lances, shields, bucklers, breast and back plates, a steel
cap or chapelle, a pourpoint or Gambeson, ..."
4. Arms and Armour in Antiquity and the Middle Ages: Also a Descriptive Notice by Paul Lacombe (1907)
"As we see in the monuments of the period, under this pourpoint the coat, or cotte,
was still worn ; but now it had become a narrow and short blouse, ..."
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