/pawl"dreuhn/ , n. Armor.
a 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 .
[ 1400-50; earlier paleron, poleron, late ME polron, pollerons (pl.) espalleron shoulder. See EPAULET ]