shoulder board

American  

noun

U.S. Navy.

1. one of a pair of narrow, stiff, cloth patches bearing an insignia of rank and worn on the shoulders by a commissioned officer.

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Etymology

Origin of shoulder board

First recorded in 1940–45

Example Sentences

The two chains on which buckets are hung from the shoulder board, when carrying water from the well.

From Records of Woodhall Spa and Neighbourhood Historical, Anecdotal, Physiographical, and Archaeological, with Other Matter by Walter, James Conway