epaulette
noun /ˈepəlet/
/ˈepəlet/
(especially British English) (North American English usually epaulet)
- a decoration on the shoulder of a coat, jacket, etc., especially when part of a military uniform
enlarge imageWord Originlate 18th cent.: from French épaulette, diminutive of épaule ‘shoulder’, from Latin spatula in the late Latin sense ‘shoulder blade’.
