pauldron

Alternative forms

 * pouldron
 * powldron
 * puldron
 * polron

Etymology
From earlier pouldron, poleron, paleron from, ,. This may have been borrowed from, which derives from elements corresponding to 🇨🇬 + but was semantically influenced by 🇨🇬 (whence 🇨🇬). Alternatively, some references derive the Middle English word from, , from 🇨🇬. Although a form with d at the end is found in Middle English (, compare Early Modern c. 1550), the interpolation of a d between the l and the r dates to the 1500s; the d, and the preference since the early 1800s for the spelling and pronunciation with paul- rather than poul-, may be due to the influence of spaulder.

Noun

 * 1) A component of plate armor that protects the shoulder, generally covering more than a spaulder, also protecting the armpit and overlapping with other armor over the upper chest and back.

Translations

 * German:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: напле́чники
 * Sanskrit:
 * Spanish: hombrera
 * Ukrainian: наплічники, нараменники