Word Meanings - POURPOINT - Book Publishers vocabulary database

A quilted military doublet or gambeson worn in the 14th and 15th centuries; also, a name for the doublet of the 16th and 17th centuries worn by civilians.

Related words: (words related to POURPOINT)

• QUILTER
  One who, or that which, quilts.
• DOUBLETHREADED
  Having two screw threads instead of one; -- said of a screw in which the pitch is equal to twice the distance between the centers of adjacent threads. (more info) 1. Consisting of two threads twisted together; using two threads.
• GAMBESON
  See GAMBISON
• DOUBLET
  A word or words unintentionally doubled or set up a second time. 3. A close-fitting garment for men, covering the body from the neck to the waist or a little below. It was worn in Western Europe from the 15th to the 17th century. (more info) 1.
• DOUBLETREE
  The bar, or crosspiece, of a carriage, to which the singletrees are attached.
• QUILTING
  A coating of strands of rope for a water vessel. (more info) 1. The act of stitching or running in patterns, as in making a quilt. 2. A quilting bee. See Bee, 2. 3. The material used for making quilts.
• MILITARY
  1. Of or pertaining to soldiers, to arms, or to war; belonging to, engaged in, or appropriate to, the affairs of war; as, a military parade; military discipline; military bravery; military conduct; military renown. Nor do I, as an enemy to peace,
• QUILT
  Anything that is quilted; esp., a quilted bed cover, or a skirt worn by women; any cover or garment made by putting wool, cotton, etc., between two cloths and stitching them together; also, any outer bed cover. The beds were covered with magnificent
• DOUBLETS
  See 7
• WOLLASTON'S DOUBLET
  A magnifying glass consisting of two plano-convex lenses. It is designed to correct spherical aberration and chromatic dispersion.
• BEDQUILT
  A quilt for a bed; a coverlet.