单词 | pourpointerie |
释义 | pourpointerien. historical. rare. With singular or plural agreement. Pourpointing work, quilting; spec. quilted material with studs at the seams, worn in the Middle Ages as armour. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > sewn or ornamented textile fabric > [noun] > quilted work quilting1616 pourpointerie1869 1869 C. Boutell in tr. J. P. Lacombe Arms & Armour x. 194 Third Period, to about 1360.—Splinted armour,..showing studs on the covering, together with studded pourpointerie, began to prevail. 1909 C. H. Ashdown Brit. & Foreign Arms & Armour ix. 156 It is probable from the illustration that the pourpointerie shown were stiff, moulded pieces of cuir-bouilli slipped on over the underlying hauberk sleeve. 1986 B. B. Broughton Dict. Medieval Knighthood & Chivalry 377 Pourpointerie, body defense made up of thickly quilted material sometimes studded with metal defenses. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1869 |
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