pauldron.

A piece of plate armor covering the shoulder, often extending over part of the upper arm or chest.

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Words that belong together

• steel pauldron
• armored pauldron

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The pauldron covered his left shoulder.

She checked the strap beneath the pauldron.

Light traced the curved edge of the steel pauldron.

Usage notes

Primary category: fantasy. Forms: Singular pauldron; plural pauldrons. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.