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epaulette - Wiktionary, the free dictionary

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Noun

epaulette (plural epaulettes)

  • An ornamentation, worn on the shoulders of a military uniform, as a sign of rank.
    • ✤ Synonyms: shoulder board, shoulder mark, shoulder strap
    • ✤ He would have answered for it at the end of a quarter of an hour that some of the glass cases contained swords and epaulettes of ancient colonels and generals; medals and orders once pinned over hearts that had long since ceased to beat; […]1
  • A similar piece of trimming on a lady’s dress.
  • A plate on the anterior wings of some insects.
    • ✤ Synonym: tegula
  • The red patch on the shoulders of a red-winged blackbird.

Etymology

From French épaulette, from épaule (“shoulder”) +‎ -ette (diminutive).

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /ˈɛpəlɛt/, /ˌɛpəˈlɛt/
  • Audio (Southern England): 🔊

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Footnotes

  1. 1903 September 28, Henry James, The Ambassadors, London: Methuen & Co. […], →OCLC: ↩

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