Meaning & use
pauldron
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A piece of plate armor that covers the shoulder.
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The knight's pauldron was engraved with his family crest.
Museum visitors admired the intricately hammered pauldron from a suit of medieval armor.
A note on using this word
Pauldron is a specialized historical and fantasy-genre term, most often encountered in descriptions of medieval armor, video games, or fantasy fiction.
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