Middle English Dictionary Entry
jūpe n.
Entry Info
| Forms | jūpe n. Also juipe, joupe & ǧīpe. |
| Etymology | OF jupe, jube, gipe & ML jupa; from Ar. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
A loose-fitting jacket or smock.
Associated quotations
- c1300 SLeg.(LdMisc 108)455/215 : He nadde under is vestimenz to habbe on bote is Iuype [Hrl: iupe]; Vnneþe it heolede is derne limes and nouȝht folliche is elbouwes.
- (c1300) Havelok (LdMisc 108)1767 : Also he seten, and sholde soupe, So comes a ladde in a ioupe.
- (1380) Plea & Mem.R.Lond.Gildh.269 : [A] joupe [of] camaca, 6 s. 8 d.
- a1425(?a1400) RRose (Htrn 409)7260 : And highe shoos, knopped with dagges, That frouncen lyke a quaile pipe, Or botis rivelyng as a gype.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)265 : Iowpe, garment: Jupa.