Upon the espaulieres are placed pauldrons, also ridged, with the edges turned up, so as to form the prototypes of pass-guards.
Source: wiktionary
Pauldron
//ˈpɔl.dɹən//
Synonyms for "pauldron" (1 found)
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Translations
9 translations across 8 languages.
Bulgarian
1 entries- нараменник noun (plate armor that protects the shoulders)
French
1 entries- épaulière noun (plate armor that protects the shoulders)
German
1 entries- Achsel noun (plate armor that protects the shoulders)
Portuguese
1 entries- ombreira noun (plate armor that protects the shoulders)
Russian
1 entries- напле́чники noun (plate armor that protects the shoulders)
Sanskrit
1 entries- अंसत्र noun (plate armor that protects the shoulders)
Spanish
1 entries- hombrera noun (plate armor that protects the shoulders)
Ukrainian
2 entries- наплічники noun (plate armor that protects the shoulders)
- нараменники noun (plate armor that protects the shoulders)
Sample sentences
4 total sentences available.
[…] a pair of pauldrons with the light horizontal bar which in later years developed into the high neckguard of the sixteenth century; numbers of gauntlets, visors of helmets, and other pieces, the handling of which is a sheer joy […]
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[…] 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.
Source: wiktionary
This rim involved a raised rolled edge on the rerebrace that was inserted into a raised lip on the lower lame of the pauldron.
Source: wiktionary
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