pourpoint

English

Etymology

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.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈpʊəˌpɔɪnt/, /ˈpuː(ə)-/, /ˈpɔː-/, /-ˌpwænt/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈpʊ(ə)ɹˌpɔɪnt/, /ˈpuɹ-/, /ˈpɔɹ-/, /-ˌpwænt/

• Audio (US):

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Noun

pourpoint (plural pourpoints)

1. (historical) A quilted military doublet or gambeson worn in the 14th and 15th centuries.

   Coordinate terms: aketon, gambeson, haustement

   • 1905-06, Arthur Conan Doyle, Sir Nigel

     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 round the King.

2. (historical) A doublet of the 16th and 17th centuries worn by civilians.

Related terms

• pourpointerie, pourpointing

References

• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “pourpoint”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
• “pourpoint”, in Collins English Dictionary.
• “pourpoint”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
• “pourpoint”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
• James A. H. Murray et al., editors (1884–1928), “Pourpoint”, in A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary), London: Clarendon Press, →OCLC.

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /puʁ.pwɛ̃/

• Audio (France (Vosges)):

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• Audio (France (Agen)):

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Noun

pourpoint m (plural pourpoints)

1. (historical) doublet

Derived terms

• à brûle-pourpoint

Further reading

• “pourpoint”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.