épaulière

[ey-pohl-yair, ey-poh-lyer]

noun

Armor.

plural

épaulières 

1. pauldron.

Word History and Origins

Origin of épaulière¹

< French, equivalent to épaule ( epaulet ) + -ière, feminine form of -ier -ier ²; brassiere

Example Sentences

This piece of furniture, in modern Italian spalliera, French epaulière, is common in large houses at the present day.

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For it clave through the shield of Sir Gawaine and it descended upon the crown of his helmet and it clave away a part of his helmet and a part of the épaulière of his shoulder; and with the force of that dreadful, terrible blow, Sir Gawaine fell down upon the ground and lay there as though he were dead.

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I smote him back, a mighty blow upon his epauliere that shore the steel plate from his shoulder, and left him a vulnerable spot.

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