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Webster 1913 Edition


Espauliere

‖

Esˊpauˊliere′

,
Noun.
[OF. & F.
épaulière
. See
Espalier
.]
A defense for the shoulder, composed of flexible overlapping plates of metal, used in the 15th century; – the origin of the modern epaulette.
Fairholt.
Syn. – Peculiar; special; particular; uncommon; chief. See
Peculiar
.