pauldron

[ pawl-druhn ]

noun

, Armor.

1. a piece of plate armor for the shoulder and the uppermost part of the arm, often overlapping the adjacent parts of the chest and back.

pauldron

/ ˈpɔːldrən /

noun

1. either of two metal plates worn with armour to protect the shoulders

Word History and Origins

Origin of pauldron¹

1400–50; earlier paleron, poleron, late Middle English polron, pollerons (plural) < Middle French espalleron shoulder. See epaulet

Word History and Origins

Origin of pauldron¹

C15: from French espauleron, from espaule shoulder; see epaulette

Example Sentences

The term Bufe is sometimes wrongly used for the upright shoulder-guards on the pauldron.

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To the left shoulder-piece or pauldron one of the upright neck-guards is still fixed by rivets.

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Pauldron, pawl′dron, n. a separable shoulder-plate in medieval armour.

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The left arm being defended by the target has no espalier or pauldron, but only coude, vambraces, and gauntlets.

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His sword was cut cleanly in two, his left pauldron was cleanly cleaved, and a great numbness afflicted his left shoulder.

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