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A '''pourpoint''' term that until at least the end of the [[13th century]] was used interchangably with [[aketon]] and [[gambeson]]. This was as quilted garment worn under [[armour]]. |
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A '''pourpoint''' was a quilted arming-jacket worn under [[armour]]. Its chief quality (and the reason for its name) was that it acted as a quasi-corset, to which other items of armour (especially the [[points]]) could be laced or buckled. |
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[http://www.forest.gen.nz/Medieval/articles/garments/Charles_blois/Charles_blois.html Pourpoint of Charles de Blois] |
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Later these terms become more specialised and the pour-point comes to mean a double-layed [[linen]] garment similar to a modern vest, to which other garments (particularly [[hose]]) could be [[point|attached]]. |
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Latest revision as of 11:52, 28 April 2007
A pourpoint term that until at least the end of the 13th century was used interchangably with aketon and gambeson. This was as quilted garment worn under armour.
Later these terms become more specialised and the pour-point comes to mean a double-layed linen garment similar to a modern vest, to which other garments (particularly hose) could be attached.
