shoulder pad

British  

noun

1. a small pad inserted to raise or give shape to the shoulder of a garment

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Example Sentences

She wore a tartan outfit with powerful shoulder pads and a full skirt.

From BBC

“It looks like a football player wearing shoulder pads,” she says with a giggle.

From Literature

The extravagant over-sized jackets with large shoulder pads of previous seasons have become more fitted -- still loosely tailored, but more traditional.

From Barron's

A woman in a suit with shoulder pads like a linebacker’s, a young man in a line cook’s apron, and a man in a fedora and long trench coat were racing toward him.

From Literature

For the first time since shoulder pads were fashionable, Japanese investors can make actual money at home.

From MarketWatch