pourpointing

English

Etymology

French pourpointerie.

Noun

pourpointing (uncountable)

1. Synonym of pourpointerie
   • 1849, “The” Archaeological Journal, page 353:

     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 .

   • 1855, John Hewitt, Ancient Armour and Weapons in Europe:

     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  […]