jupon
(ˈdʒuːpən, dʒuːˈpɒn, F. ʒypɔ̃)
Forms: 5 iopon, -en, -oun, iupone, 6 iuppin, Sc. iowpoun, (7 juppon), 9 jupon. See also gipon.
[a. F. jupon, OF. also juppon, gip(p)on (= Sp. jubon, Pg. jubão, gibão, It. giubbone, giuppone), deriv. of jupe, etc. jupe.]
1. A close-fitting tunic or doublet; esp. one worn by knights under the hauberk, sometimes of thick stuff and padded; later, a sleeveless surcoat worn outside the armour, of rich materials and emblazoned with arms. Obs. exc. Hist.
| c 1400 Chaucer Knt.'s T. 1262 (Camb. MS.) In a brest plate & in a lyȝt Iopoun [other MSS. gypon, Iepon, gippon]. c 1440 Morte Arth. 905 Aboven þat a iesseraunt of ientylle maylez, A iupone of Ierodyne iaggede in schredez. c 1450 Alexander 2450 Sum in Iopons, sum in Iesserantis. Ibid. 4722 Ȝit wont men in þa woddis..in Iopons of hidis. 1480 Caxton Descr. Brit. 39 Without iopen [Rolls ed. gipoun] tabard clok or bell. [1700 Dryden Palamon & Arc. 1304 Some wore a breastplate, and a light juppon.] 1826 W. Elliott Nun 13 A jupon shone Over his armour. 1864 Boutell Her. Hist. & Pop. xv. (ed. 3) 183 The shield and jupon of the effigy in Bristol Cath[edral]. |
† 2. A short kirtle worn by women. Cf. jup, jupe 2. Obs.
| 1542 Inv. R. Wardr. (1815) 84 Item ane jowpoun of blak velvott lynit with gray. 1595 R. Whyte Let. to Sir R. Sydney 13 Dec. in Collins State Lett. (1746) I. 376 In her Bed Chamber, [Sir John Packering] presented her with a fine Gown and a Juppin, which things were pleasing to her Highnes. |
‖ 3. A woman's skirt or petticoat. (Only as Fr.)
| 1851 Harper's Mag. II. 576 (Stanf.) Jupon of plain, white cambric muslin. |