a man's stuffed quilted doublet of a kind worn between the Middle Ages and the 17th century
Word origin
C15: from Old French, from pourpoindre to stick, from pour- variant of par-, from Latin per through + poindre to pierce, from Latin pungere to puncture
pourpoint in American English
(ˈpʊrˌpɔɪnt)
noun
a quilted doublet worn in the late Middle Ages
Word origin
ME purpoynt < OFr porpoint, orig., perforated: altered (based on pour, for) < VL * perpunctus, pp. of *perpungere < L per-, through (see per1) + pungere, to prick: see point