WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
paul•dron
(pôl′drən),USA pronunciation n. [Armor.]
- Heraldrya piece of plate armor for the shoulder and the uppermost part of the arm, often overlapping the adjacent parts of the chest and back. Also called epaulière. Cf. spaulder. See diag. under armor.
- Middle French espalleron shoulder. See epaulet
- earlier paleron, poleron, late Middle English polron, pollerons (plural) 1400–50
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