Word of the Day: Pauldron

Word of the Day: 
Pauldron

PRONUNCIATION: 
[pawl-druhn] 
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MEANING:

noun Armor . a piece of plate armor for the shoulder and the uppermost part of the arm, often overlapping the adjacent parts of the chest and back.
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ETYMOLOGYFrom French épaule (shoulder), from Latin spatula (blade). Earliest documented use: before 1396.

USAGE: The influence is most obvious in the rather silly haute couture designs of John Galliano for Christian Dior, with their exaggerated pauldrons ... over their svelte models' right shoulders.


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