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shoulderboard

shoulderboard noun: an elaborate shoulder strap on a military uniform.

Noun

shoulderboard (plural shoulderboards)

  1. An elaborate shoulder strap on a military uniform.
    • In Jerusalem, the streets glittered with the gold braid and shoulderboards of Russian uniforms, worn by princes and generals, while teeming with the sheepskins and smocks of thousands of peasant pilgrims, all encouraged by Nicholas who also despatched and ecclesiastical mission to compete with the...2011, Simon Sebag Montefiore, Jerusalem: The Biography – A History of the Middle East, page 409

Forms of shoulderboard

pluralshoulderboards

Origin of shoulderboard

From shoulder + board.

Questions about shoulderboard

What does shoulderboard mean?
Shoulderboard means an elaborate shoulder strap on a military uniform.
What part of speech is shoulderboard?
Shoulderboard is a noun.
What is the plural of shoulderboard?
The plural of shoulderboard is shoulderboards.

Words near shoulderboard in the dictionary

  1. shoulderband snail
  2. shoulderbelt
  3. shoulderbelts
  4. shoulderblade
  5. shoulderblades
  6. shoulderboard
  7. shoulderboards
  8. shouldered
  9. shouldered brown
  10. shouldered browns
  11. shoulderer

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