Ailette

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Ailette \Ai*lette\, n. [F. ailette, dim. of aile wing, L. ala.]
     A small square shield, formerly worn on the shoulders of
     knights, -- being the prototype of the modern epaulet.
     --Fairholt.
     [1913 Webster]