spaulder

[ spawl-der ]

nounArmor.
  1. a pauldron, especially one for protecting only a shoulder.

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Origin of spaulder

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Earlier spauld shoulder (Middle English spald, spalde<Old French espalde,espalle<Latin spatulaspatula) + -er1

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