Meanings
- uncountableSynonym of pourpointerie.
This seems very doubtful : it appears more likely that the coloured defence is of jazerant - work , of pourpointing , or of chain ; and this notion is strengthened by a very curious illumination in Royal MS . , 15 , E , vi .
1849, “The” Archaeological Journal, page 3531 more example
The armour of the arbalester is probably meant for chain-mail: that of the archer is very vague, but seems to express some kind of pourpointing. The artist has carefully distinguished the barbed head of the arrow […] That the banded defences under consideration were of pourpointing is still more unlikely; for a gamboised garment, whether of velvet, silk, cloth, or whatever material, would, in painted representations, exhibit those various […]
1855, John Hewitt, Ancient Armour and Weapons in EuropeSynonyms: pourpointerie
Synonyms & antonyms
nounSynonym of pourpointerie.
Origin
- Frenchpourpointerie
- Englishpourpointing
From French pourpointerie.
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