/poor"poynt', -pwant'/ , n.
a stuffed and quilted doublet worn by men from the 14th to 17th centuries.
[ 1350-1400; pourpoindre to quilt, perforate, equiv. to pour-, for par- ( per ) through + poindre ( pungere to prick, pierce; see POINT); r. ME purpont purpunctus ]