Meaning of épaulière | Babel Free

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The part of a suit of armor covering the shoulder; a shoulder plate.

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“The large pauldrons covering the shoulders are of different shape, with a couple of lobster-tail plates added above as épaulières.”

“[…] 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.”

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