different between armour vs pauldron

English

Noun

armour (countable and uncountable, plural armours)

1. British standard spelling of armor.

Verb

armour (third-person singular simple present armours, present participle armouring, simple past and past participle armoured)

1. British standard spelling of armor.

Translations

Middle English

Noun

armour

1. Alternative form of armure

Old French

Noun

armour f (oblique plural armours, nominative singular armour, nominative plural armours)

1. Late Anglo-Norman spelling of armure

English

Alternative forms

• pouldron
• powldron
• puldron

Etymology

From earlier paleron, poleron, from Middle English polron, palerns, pollerons. This may derive from Old French paleron, which derives from elements corresponding to French pale (“blade (of a shovel, etc)”) + -eron but was semantically influenced by Old French espaule (“shoulder”) (whence French épaule). Alternatively, some references derive the Middle English word from Middle French espalleron, espauleron, from Old French espaule.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?p?l.d??n/

Noun

pauldron (plural pauldrons)

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.

   Coordinate terms: spaulder, épaulière

Translations

See also

• vambrace
• epaulette

Further reading

• pauldron on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Armor on Wikipedia.Wikipedia