jupe
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Searchable Lemmata: jupe (AF), jupa (L), jupe (ME), jupe (OScots), jupe (MdE).
Alternate Forms: juipe, joupe, gipe, iuype, iupe, ioupe, chupa, choupe, gype, iowpe, jupam, juppam, chupas, jupis, jupas.
Definitions and Defining Citations:
1(n.)
Garment;
in general, a loose garment covering the top half of the body, a frock, gown, tunic; also, a loose jacket, kirtle or similar. Cf. jupon.(ante 1200 - post 1470)
2. Ysabelle sorori domini regis ... ad duas chupas de skarl' ad surgend' de nocte, v uln' iij quar' quarum una fuit lineata cum j cend[all] et alia fur[rata] cum j b[issa] ...
Accounts.
[DMLBS Chanc. Misc. (3/3b) 1235]
3. mandatum est Willelmo scissori regis quod ... ad nundinas Sancti Edmundi ... ad opus regis emat unam robam de scarleto integram furratam de bissis ... et unam jupam de scarleto furratam de rubeo griso
Accounts.
[DMLBS Cl (4) 1231]
4. [454/204] ... Seint Martin ... ne bi-lefde on him no cloth of wolle, bote is Cope al-one ... [455/215] ... He nadde under is vestimenz to habbe on bote is Iuype [Hrl: iupe]; Vnneþe it heolede is derne limes and nou3ht folliche is elbouwes.
Biblical/Hagiographic.
[MED SLeg. ((LdMisc 108) 455/215) circa 1300]
7. But beggers with these hodes wide ... Greye clothis ... fretted full of tatarwagges, ... And highe shoos, knopped with dagges, That frouncen lyke a quaile pipe, Or botis rivelyng as a gype [ ... or boots puckered (or pleated) like a smock)]
Poetic, Romance.
[MED RRose ((Htrn 409) 7258-60) ante 1425]
Sex: Male, Female Ceremonial: No
Body Parts: Entire Body.
Etymological Evidence:
Definite, Old French jupe and medieval L jupa, from Arabic jūbbä 'long garment'. Derivatives include gipel, gipon, gippo, and jupon.
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