Épaulière Small 165×320 Medium 331×640 Large 529×1024 Download Tiff Original 1241×2400 | (777.4 KB) Description "In armor, the devices, more or less elaborate according to according to the period, etc., serving to protect the shoulder, or to connect breastplate and backpiece at the shoulder. e, Épaulière, about 1425." -Whitney, 1911 Keywords Épaulière, Arm, armor, costume, epauliere, shoulder piece, suit Galleries Armor Source: William Dwight Whitney The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language (New York, NY: The Century Co., 1911)