Definitions for jupon

jupon ju·pon

Spelling: [joo-pon, joo-pon; French zhy- Jupon is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 14 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 19 points.

You can make 28 anagrams from letters in jupon (jnopu).

Definitions for jupon

noun

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

Origin of jupon

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

Examples for jupon

The jupon is seen in the two knights tilting, in the woodcut on p. 348.

The jupon was a garment which covered the body from the camail to just above the knees.

It will be noticed that on this knight the skirt of the jupon is scalloped, on the other it is plain.

The jupon was made of a rich material, blazoned with the arms of the wearer, and was escalloped along the bottom edge.

The body armour is covered by a jupon; the tilting helmet has a knights chapeau and drapery carrying the lion crest.

The jupon was not girded with a silk cord or a narrow belt; it was made to fit tight without any such fastening.

Roquefort gives the form Jupe, but jupon or Gipoun is more usual.

And as to the camisole and jupon, I am not quite sure about them either.

They agreed that he had fallen under the tyranny of the “jupon.”

With the disappearance of the jupon we see the body defence exposed to view.

Word Value for jupon
Scrable

14

Words with friends

19

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