epaulet

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  1. noun A shoulder ornament, especially a fringed strap worn on military uniforms.

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  • Afterward, he asked who 1 was, and why I was wearing a fourstrand epaulet (which signified that I represented a four-star officer). —  Rouge Warrior - Richard Marcinko
  • The doctor found that my injury was serious and could have been fatal if the thick braiding of my epaulet, through which the ball had passed, had not deflected it and lessened its force. —  The Memoirs of General the Baron de Marbot
  • Her favorite is Ted Baker London's "Scram" brushed cotton sweater with epaulet detailing. —  OnMilwaukee.com
  • He showed me the camouflaged epaulet with some yellow insignia embroidered from the uniform of the Iraqi officer he shot through the lungs. —  Jules Crittenden
  • PHONOLOGICAL DIFFERENCES - VOWEL REDUCTION villain ai ‡ ¶ Because of the frequent occurrence of this neutralization, epaulet au ‡ ¶ the English vowel / ə / becomes sergeant ea ‡ —  Recently Uploaded Slideshows
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  1. French épaulette, diminutive of épaule, shoulder, from Old French espaule, from Late Latin spatula, shoulder blade; see espalier.
 

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/ˈɛpɔlɛt/
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