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pauldron

American

[pawl-druhn] / ˈpɔl drən /

noun

Armor.

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 British

/ ˈpɔːldrən /

noun

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

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Etymology

Origin of pauldron

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

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pauldron

Sunlight gleamed from the polished steel of halberd, morion, breastplate, pauldron, rerebrace.

From Time Magazine Archive

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

From A Knyght Ther Was by Young, Robert F.

The rohorse emitted several realistic whinnies, backed out of its "stall", trotted smartly over to his side, and nuzzled his right pauldron.

From A Knyght Ther Was by Young, Robert F.

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