Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The armor of the shoulder when it is a piece separate from that of the body and of the arm.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Mil. Antiq.) A piece of armor covering the shoulder at the junction of the body piece and arm piece.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A component of plate
armour that protects theshoulder .
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Examples
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In addition to the figure itself, the white pauldron is packed in separately.
Collectible Review: Sandtrooper Sergeant: Tatooine 12″ Figure | Fandomania 2009
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The more popular squad leader Sandtrooper is also in the Sideshow pipeline, coming next year with his orange pauldron.
Collectible Review: Sandtrooper Sergeant: Tatooine 12″ Figure | Fandomania 2009
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This inaugural Sandtrooper is a sergeant, designated by his white shoulder pauldron.
Collectible Review: Sandtrooper Sergeant: Tatooine 12″ Figure | Fandomania 2009
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Gore-splattered pauldron came out as Gore-splattered μετάλλινη επωμίδα
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Now I have this great black vaguely epaulet/pauldron-shaped case I'm not sure what to do with yet.
arthropodal sauna badger 2003
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I then went to work on his arms, affixing the pauldron, the rerebrace and couter.
Sir Apropos of Nothing PETER DAVID 2001
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I then went to work on his arms, affixing the pauldron, the rerebrace and couter.
Sir Apropos of Nothing PETER DAVID 2001
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I then went to work on his arms, affixing the pauldron, the rerebrace and couter.
Sir Apropos of Nothing PETER DAVID 2001
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She was still en deshabille, while the Battlemaster, summoned from the arena, wore a light practice cuirass with vambrace and pauldron for his unshielded right arm and shoulder.
The Golden Torc May, Julian, 1931- 1981
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The armourer's hammer was the keener, the quicker, the less intermittent, and yet had the most variations of time and note, as he shifted the piece on his anvil, or changed breastplate for gorget, or greave for pauldron -- or it might be sword for pike-head or halbert.
St. George and St. Michael Volume I George MacDonald 1864
lampbane commented on the word pauldron
Penny Arcade (06/07/10):
"It ends with you in the woods at some makeshift bazaar, seriously considering buying a pauldron."
June 8, 2010
TankHughes commented on the word pauldron
I was unaware that cauldron had any cousins, but here it is.
August 28, 2015
ruzuzu commented on the word pauldron
Nice!
August 28, 2015