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pouldron

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Searchable Lemmata: polron (ME), puldron (OScots), pouldron (MdE).
Alternate Forms: palerns, pollerons, polrondis, polrondys.

    Definitions and Defining Citations:

1(n.) Armour; piece of armour protecting the shoulder; shoulder plate. Also, a protective padding for the shoulder.(ante 1400 ? still in current use)
1. [One] curas ... [2] garbrase, [2] palerns [4 s. 8 d.; 2 pairs of] vambrace ... [one pair of] legharnesse, [2 s. 8 d.; one old pair of] legharnesse Legal. [MED Plea & Mem.R.Lond.Gildh. (19) 1439]
2. [7 pairs of] gardebras [and] pollerons [at 3 s. 4 d. the pair] ... [18] pesons de maile [at 18 d. each] ... [11] standardes [without] sengles [at 8 d. each, 7 s. 4 d.] Legal. (citations from individual page of text may not appear in original order) [MED Plea & Mem.R.Lond.Gildh. (146) 1454]
3. A jakk, the polrondys of a payre, bryganders of rede sateyn [MED Paston (1.326) 1465]
c.f.: poletta, espauler
ME, MdE, OScots; Primarily Accounts.
Sex: Male    Use: Military    Status: n/a    Rank: n/a    Ceremonial: No
Body Parts: Shoulder(s).

    Etymological Evidence:

Definite, OF paleron (also cf. 16th century F espauleron).
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