espauliere

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

1. n. Same as épaulière.

Wiktionary

1. n. A defence for the shoulder, composed of flexible overlapping plates of metal, used in the fifteenth century; the origin of the modern epaulette.

GNU Webster's 1913

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