épaulière

[ ey-pohl-yair; French ey-poh-lyer ]
noun,plural é·pau·lières [ey-pohl-yairz; French ey-poh-lyer]. /ˌeɪ poʊlˈyɛərz; French eɪ poʊˈlyɛr/. Armor.

  1. pauldron.

Origin of épaulière

1
<French, equivalent to épaule (see epaulet) + -ière, feminine form of -ier-ier2; cf. brassiere

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How to use épaulière in a sentence

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

    The Shame of Motley | Raphael Sabatini

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