epauliere means the part of a suit of armor covering the shoulder; a shoulder plate. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 88 out of 100.
epauliere is pronounced /ˌeɪ.poʊlˈjɛəɹ/.
noun
- The part of a suit of armor covering the shoulder; a shoulder plate.“[…] the elbow cop or coudiere for the elbow; and the rerebrace or arriere-bras for the upper arm. The shoulder cop, pauldron or epauliere which covered the shoulder, and often a large part of the breast and back, was usually considered a part of the arm guard.”