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Gambeson vs Pourpoint - What's the difference?

gambeson | pourpoint |

As nouns the difference between gambeson and pourpoint

is that gambeson is a defensive garment formerly in use for the body, made of cloth stuffed and quilted while pourpoint is a quilted military doublet or gambeson worn in the 14th and 15th centuries.

gambeson

English

Alternative forms

* Also gambison.

Noun

(en noun)
  • A defensive garment formerly in use for the body, made of cloth stuffed and quilted.
  • *1786 : Although the gambeson was chiefly worn under the coat of mail, to protect the body from being bruised by the strokes of the sword or lance, a circumstance that migh happen without a division of the mail, the verses quoted in the Siege of Karleverok, shew that it was sometimes worn as a fur coat, and ornamented with rich decorations. — Francis Grose, A Treatise on Ancient Armour and Weapons , page 18.

    • pourpoint

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A quilted military doublet or gambeson worn in the 14th and 15th centuries.
  • A doublet of the 16th and 17th centuries worn by civilians.
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