espauliere
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From an Old French word corresponding to French épaulière or espalière. See espalier.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
espauliere (plural espaulieres)
- A defence for the shoulder, composed of flexible overlapping plates of metal, especially as used in the fifteenth century: a pauldron.
- 1834, Matthew Holbeche Bloxam, A Glimpse at the Monumental Architecture and Sculpture of Great Britain from the Earliest Period to the Eighteenth Century:
- Upon the espaulieres are placed pauldrons, also ridged, with the edges turned up, so as to form the prototypes of pass-guards.
Coordinate terms[edit]
References[edit]
- “espauliere”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Anagrams[edit]
Old French[edit]
Noun[edit]
espauliere oblique singular, f (oblique plural espaulieres, nominative singular espauliere, nominative plural espaulieres)
- spaulder (armor for the shoulder)
Synonyms[edit]
- espauliere m