pauldron
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.
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Origin of pauldron
1- Also called epaulière.
- Compare spaulder.
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How to use pauldron in a sentence
The term Bufe is sometimes wrongly used for the upright shoulder-guards on the pauldron.
Armour & Weapons | Charles John FfoulkesTo the left shoulder-piece or pauldron one of the upright neck-guards is still fixed by rivets.
Armour in England | J. Starkie Gardnerpauldron, pawl′dron, n. a separable shoulder-plate in medieval armour.
The left arm being defended by the target has no espalier or pauldron, but only coude, vambraces, and gauntlets.
Spanish Arms and Armour | Albert F. CalvertHis sword was cut cleanly in two, his left pauldron was cleanly cleaved, and a great numbness afflicted his left shoulder.
A Knyght Ther Was | Robert F. Young
British Dictionary definitions for pauldron
/ (ˈpɔːldrən) /
either of two metal plates worn with armour to protect the shoulders
Origin of pauldron
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