(definition) by Webster 1913 Tue Dec 21 1999 at 23:28:49

Es`pau`liere" (?), n. [OF. & F. 'epauliere. See Espalier.]

A defense for the shoulder, composed of flexible overlapping plates of metal, used in the 15th century; -- the origin of the modern epaulette.

Fairholt.

 

© Webster 1913.

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