epauliere

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epauliere

/ˌeɪ.poʊlˈjɛəɹ/

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Borrowed from French épaulière.

noun epaulieres · épaulière

The part of a suit of armor covering the shoulder; a shoulder plate. […] the elbow cop or coudiere for the elbow; and the rerebrace or arriere-bras for the upper arm. The shoulder cop, pauldron or epauliere which covered the shoulder, and often a large part of the breast and back, was usually considered a part of the arm guard.

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@misc{epauliere_2026,
  title = {epauliere},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/epauliere},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}