noun
- a close-fitting padded jacket worn by men in medieval and Renaissance Europe
Usage: historical
Examples
- The knight wore a leather pourpoint under his chain mail.
- Medieval manuscripts show nobles dressed in elaborate pourpoints.
- The museum’s collection includes a 14th-century silk pourpoint.
- Tailors of the era carefully fitted each pourpoint to the wearer’s body.
- The pourpoint was often decorated with buttons or embroidery.
- By the Renaissance, the pourpoint had evolved into the doublet.