Espauliere

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

  Espauliere \Es`pau`liere"\, n. [OF. & F. ['e]pauli[`e]re. 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.
     [1913 Webster]