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épaulière

épaulière is the alternative form of epauliere.

Meaning of epauliere

Noun

epauliere (plural epaulieres)

  1. 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.2004, Kevin Grace, Tom White, Cincinnati Cemeteries: The Queen City Underground, Arcadia Publishing, →ISBN, page 142

Forms of épaulière

pluralépaulières

Questions about épaulière

What is épaulière the alternative form of?
Épaulière is the alternative form of epauliere.

Words near épaulière in the dictionary

  1. éminences grises
  2. énarque
  3. énarques
  4. épater la bourgeoisie
  5. épater le bourgeois
  6. épaulière
  7. épaulières
  8. épaulé
  9. épergne
  10. épergnes
  11. Épernay

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