espaliere
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]espaliere (plural espalieres)
- Rare form of espauliere or of epauliere (shoulder armor).
- 1994, Christopher Marshall, Warfare in the Latin East, 1192-1291, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 86:
- Some plate-armour protection for the legs was provided by the chauces de fer, and espalieres protected the shoulders ...