epauliere

English

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Etymology

Borrowed from French épaulière.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌeɪ.poʊlˈjɛəɹ/

Noun

epauliere (plural epaulieres)

  1. The part of a suit of armor covering the shoulder; a shoulder plate.
    • 2004, Kevin Grace, Tom White, Cincinnati Cemeteries: The Queen City Underground, Arcadia Publishing, →ISBN, page 142:
      […] the elbow cop or coudiere for the elbow; and the rerebrace or arriere-bras for the upper arm. The shoulder cop, pauldron or epauliere which covered the shoulder, and often a large part of the breast and back, was usually considered a part of the arm guard.

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