jupon

• juppon

From Middle English jupon, from Middle French jupon.

jupon (plural jupons)

1. (historical) A close-fitting sleeveless jacket, descending below the hips, worn over armour.
   • 1700, John Dryden, Palamon and Arcite, Book III,

     Some wore coat armour, imitating scale,

     And next their skins were stubborn shirts of mail;

     Some wore a breastplate and a light juppon,

     Their horses clothed with rich caparison;

   • 1983, Jack Vance, Lyonesse, Chapter 26,

     He climbed three marble steps, crossed the terrace and entered a dim foyer, where a chamberlain silently helped him from his helmet, his jupon and his chain cuirass.

2. A petticoat.

jupon

1. accusative singular of jupo

From Middle French jupon; equivalent to jupe +‎ -on.

• IPA^(key): /ʒy.pɔ̃/

jupon m (plural jupons)

1. petticoat, underskirt
2. (colloquial) a bit of skirt
3. (military) a sleeveless jacket worn over armor (medieval)

• → Japanese: ズボン (zupon)
• → Romanian: jupon

• “jupon” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

• jupoun, gypoun, gipoun, gypon, gepon, jupown, jopon, jepoun

From Middle French jupon; equivalent to jupe +‎ -oun.

• IPA^(key): /dʒiu̯ˈpoːn/, /ˈdʒiu̯poːn/

jupon

1. A jupon (an overcoat for armour, usually bearing heraldic symbols)

• English: jupon
• English: gipoun, gepoun, gypoun, jupon, juppon (obsolete)

• “jūpọ̄n (n.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-05-16.

Borrowed from French jupon.

jupon n (plural jupoane)

1. underskirt, petticoat, jupon