Ju-pōn’ or Jup-pōn’, n.
(Synop. § 130), n. [Fr. jupon, from jupe: Sp. jupon, jupio, jubon, It. giubbone. See JUMP.] [Written also jupe, jump, juppo, and otherwise.]
Sense 1. A sleeveless jacket or overcoat, composed of several thicknesses of material sewed through, and faced with silk or velvet, upon which were embroidered the arms of the wearer. It fitted closely to the body, and, descending below the hips, terminated in an enriched border of various patterns. Fairholt.
Some wore a breastplate and a light jupon. Dryden.
Sense 2. A petticoat. Halliwell.
