Definitions for pauldron

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pauldron paul·dron

Spelling: [pawl-druh n]

IPA: /ˈpɔl drən/

Pauldron is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 300 anagrams from letters in pauldron (adlnopru).

Definitions for pauldron

noun

1. a piece of plate armor for the shoulder and the uppermost part of the arm, often overlapping the adjacent parts of the chest and back.

Origin of pauldron

1400-50; earlier paleron, poleron, late Middle English polron, pollerons (plural) Middle French espalleron shoulder. See epaulet

Examples for pauldron

The term Bufe is sometimes wrongly used for the upright shoulder-guards on the pauldron.

pauldron, pawl′dron, n. a separable shoulder-plate in medieval armour.

To the left shoulder-piece or pauldron one of the upright neck-guards is still fixed by rivets.

The left arm being defended by the target has no espalier or pauldron, but only coude, vambraces, and gauntlets.