pourpointing
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
17
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "This seems very doubtful : it appears more likely that the coloured defence is of jazerant - work , of pourpointing , or of chain ; and this notion is strengthened by a very curious illumination in Royal MS . , 15 , E , vi ."
- "The armour of the arbalester is probably meant for chain-mail: that of the archer is very vague, but seems to express some kind of pourpointing. The artist has carefully distinguished the barbed head of the arrow […] That the banded defences under consideration were of pourpointing is still more unlikely; for a gamboised garment, whether of velvet, silk, cloth, or whatever material, would, in painted representations, exhibit those various […]"
Etymology
From French pourpointerie.
Origin
- Source language: French