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pourpoint
[ poor-point, -pwant ]
noun
- a stuffed and quilted doublet worn by men from the 14th to 17th centuries.
pourpoint
/ ˈpʊəˌpɔɪnt /
noun
- a man's stuffed quilted doublet of a kind worn between the Middle Ages and the 17th century
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Word History and Origins
Origin of pourpoint1
1350–1400; < French, noun use of past participle of pourpoindre to quilt, perforate, equivalent to pour-, for par- (< Latin per ) through + poindre (< Latin pungere to prick, pierce; point ); replacing Middle English purpont < Anglo-Latin purpunctus
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Word History and Origins
Origin of pourpoint1
C15: from Old French, from pourpoindre to stick, from pour- variant of par-, from Latin per through + poindre to pierce, from Latin pungere to puncture
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Example Sentences
A few days after Pascal's death, a servant discovered this profession sewed into a fold of his master's waistcoat, pourpoint.
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We find the names of the gambeson, hacqueton, and pourpoint, and sometimes the jacke.
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He has a large black cap on his head, and his pourpoint, mantle, and wide and embroidered sleeves are yellow.
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She told herself that he would look better in a silken pourpoint, and better still in the chlamys-robe of state.
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Dick-o'-the-Gyves attempted to trip him up, John Catchpole seized him by the collar of his pourpoint.
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