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Poynter Products, Inc.
Poynter is an English occupational surname for the maker of cord that fastened doublet (clothing), doublet with hose (clothing). The name derives from the Middle English "poynte" and originally from the Latin "puncta", meaning to pierce. Poynter may also be an Anglicised variant of the Huguenot name 'Pointier'. Notable people *Ambrose Poynter (1796–1886), British architect *Andrew Poynter (born 1987), English-born Irish cricketer *Beulah Poynter (1883–1960), American actress and author *Dougie Poynter (born 1987), English musician *Edward Poynter (1836–1919), British painter *Jane Poynter, American author, businesswoman, and environmentalist *James I. Poynter (1916–1950), United States Medal of Honor recipient *Nelson Poynter (1903–1978), American publisher *Noël Poynter (1908–1979), British librarian and medical historian *Rikki Poynter (born 1991), deaf American YouTuber and activist *Robert Poynter (born 1937), American sprinter *Stuart Poynter (born 1990), Englis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Doublet (clothing)
A doublet (; derived from the Italian language, Ital. ''giubbetta'') is a snug-fitting jacket that is shaped and fitted to a man's body. The garment was worn in Spain, and spread to the rest of Western Europe, from the late Middle Ages up to the 17th century. Until the end of the 15th century, the doublet was sometimes worn under another layer of clothing such as a gown, mantle, or houppelande when in public. In the 16th century it was covered by the jerkin which often matched. Women started wearing doublets in the 16th century. The doublet could be thigh length, hip length or waist length depending on the period, and worn over the shirt with matching or contrasting "hose", the term for the tight leggings and later breeches-like lower garment which were attached by lacing to the doublet with "points", the cord or ribbon laces. Like the pourpoint, its ancestor, the doublet was used by soldiers in the 15th and 16th centuries to facilitate the wearing of the brigandine, breastplat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
