jupon

[ joo-pon, joo-pon; French zhy-pawn ]

noun

, plural ju·pons [joo, -ponz, joo-, ponz, zh, y, -, pawn].

1. a close-fitting tunic, usually padded and bearing heraldic arms, worn over armor.

jupon

/ ˈʒuːpɒn /

noun

1. a short close-fitting sleeveless padded garment, used in the late 14th and early 15th centuries with armour Also calledgipon

Word History and Origins

Origin of jupon¹

1350–1400; Middle English jopo ( u ) n < Middle French jupon, equivalent to Old French jupe a kind of jacket + -on noun suffix

Word History and Origins

Origin of jupon¹

C15: from Old French, from Old French jupe; see jumper ¹

Example Sentences

Perhaps in homage to the French flag, Kronthaler and Westwood gave one model a tricolor red, white and blue pompadour hairstyle to go with a puffy blue jupon and a white corset.

From Reuters

Each of them wore a silk jupon blazoned with the chevron and the three thistles, distinguished in the case of the younger brothers with various labels of cadency, so that they looked like a hand of playing cards spread out They were the Gawaine family, and, as usual, they were quarrelling.

From Literature

Indeed, it may be questioned whether any invention known to modern Europe had so sudden and wonderful a success or made the inventor so talked about as Eugénie's famous jupon d'acier.

From Project Gutenberg

Thus, the globose form of the breast-armour of the Black Prince, in his effigy in Canterbury cathedral, 1376, intimates that a cuirass as well as a hauberk is to be considered to have been covered by the royalty-emblazoned jupon of the prince.

From Project Gutenberg

Jupon, jōō′-pon, n. a sleeveless jacket or close-fitting coat, extending down over the hips: a petticoat.—n.

From Project Gutenberg