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epauliere

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é⋅pau⋅lière

  [ey-pohl-yair; Fr. ey-poh-lyer]
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–noun, plural é⋅pau⋅lières  [ey-pohl-yairz; Fr. ey-poh-lyer] . Armor.
pauldron.
Origin:
< F, equiv. to épaule (see epaulet ) + -ière, fem. form of -ier -ier 2 ; cf. brassiere

paul⋅dron

  [pawl-druhn]
–noun Armor.
a piece of plate armor for the shoulder and the uppermost part of the arm, often overlapping the adjacent parts of the chest and back.
Also called epaulière.
Compare spaulder.

Origin:
1400–50; earlier paleron, poleron, late ME polron, pollerons (pl.) < MF espalleron shoulder. See epaulet
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epauliere

noun
armor plate that protects the shoulder 
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