espauliere

English

Etymology

From an Old French word corresponding to French épaulière or espalière. See espalier.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌɛs.poʊlˈjɛəɹ/

Noun

espauliere (plural espaulieres)

1. 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

• spaulder, pauldron, epauliere

References

• “espauliere”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• épaulières

Old French

Noun

espauliere oblique singular, f (oblique plural espaulieres, nominative singular espauliere, nominative plural espaulieres)

1. spaulder (armor for the shoulder)

Synonyms

• espauliere m