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Definition of Pauldron
1. n. A piece of armor covering the shoulder at the junction of the body piece and arm piece.
Definition of Pauldron
1. Noun. A component of plate armour that protects the shoulder. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Pauldron
1. a piece of armor for the shoulder [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pauldron
Literary usage of Pauldron
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Archaeological Journal by Council, British Archaeological Association, Central Committee (1889)
"The left pauldron also gives indications of the fashion which later on became a
decided feature of this part of the suit. This is a point on the very slope ..."
2. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1889)
"In armor, a raised and ornamental ridge terminating the pauldron on the side
toward the neck, and intended to prevent blows from glancing from the pauldron. ..."
3. The Antiquary by Edward Walford, John Charles Cox, George Latimer Apperson (1882)
"There is also an odd pauldron, and the fragment of its fellow, bearing some
curious stamped work on them, in the form of a series of masonry arches, ..."
4. An endeavour to classify the sepulchral remains in Northamptonshire, or a by Charles Henry Hartshorne (1840)
"There is a lance-rest on his cuirass, or buckler. The brass also of Robert
Ingleton, at Thornton, co. Bucks, has a pauldron, and pointed ..."
5. An Endeavor to Classify the Sepulchral Remains in Northamptonshire, Or, a by Charles Henry Hartshorne (1840)
"Sir Thomas Green has a pauldron" over his ... Bucks, has a pauldron, and pointed
... 6 The pauldron, or Shoulder-shield, was not unlike a ..."
6. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"About 1430 the "pauldron" (shoulder piece) was introduced into England becoming
larger and larger ... The left pauldron is usually larger than the right. ..."
7. Archaeologia, Or, Miscellaneous Tracts Relating to Antiquity by Society of Antiquaries of London (1827)
"The name was sometimes given to the rere-brace or part of the armour which
protected the arm between the pauldron and the elbow-piece, and sometimes to a ..."
8. Lives and Letters of the Devereux, Earls of Essex, in the Reigns of by Walter Bourchier Devereux (1853)
"Sir Ph. Stapleton, vambrace and pauldron dexter, Col. Jas. Sheffield, the breast.
Col . ... vambrace and pauldron sinister. Maj. Gen. Browne, the back. Col. ..."
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