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Meanings of epaulet in English

Portuguese
dragona
Catalan
xarretera
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Adornment consisting of an ornamental cloth pad worn on the shoulder.

dragona
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Examples for "epaulette"
Examples for "epaulette"
1
Joshua rotated slightly so his silver star on his epaulette was prominent.
The Neutronium Alchemist
2
The officer who stepped forward to present himself wore the epaulette of commander.
The Only Victor
3
He still could not get used to the single epaulette on his shoulder.
Sword of Honour
4
A commander's single epaulette, but surely nothing human and still alive?
The Darkening Sea
5
But you forget how little the epaulette is honoured among you.
The Roman Question
Usage of epaulet in English
1
Wellmere fired, and the bullion flew from the epaulet of the trooper.
The Spy
2
I wore an epaulet then; we had the same state-room, you know, sir.
White Jacket; Or, The World on a Man-of-War
3
I think I can see a gleam of the sun on an epaulet.
The Lords of the Wild: A Story of the Old New York Border
4
At length, the little man with the epaulet commenced a very prurient tale.
Rattlin the Reefer
5
Newlin removed his flight cap, folded it, and smartly tucked it beneath his epaulet.
The witch of agnesi
6
He was now in an adjutant's uniform with one epaulet and a shoulder knot.
War and Peace
7
Jeems, do you see that hump on his left shoulder, like a great epaulet?
The Valley of Silent Men: A Story of the Three River Country
8
Idas' hand was a black epaulet on his brother's shoulder.
Nova
9
The background color of the epaulet is red, not black.
House of Steel
10
The distance was too great, the wind too strong; he only carried away an epaulet.
The Trail of the Sword, Volume 4
11
His short military coat of fine blue cloth bore a silver epaulet on either shoulder.
The Scouts of the Valley
12
M. de Faverges had fallen back on the National Guard, without obtaining the epaulet of commander.
Bouvard and Pécuchet: A Tragi-comic Novel of Bourgeois Life, par...
13
Sword, cap, feather, epaulet, blue broad-cloth, and silver.
Hardscrabble; or, the fall of Chicago: a tale of Indian warfare
14
But even through his tasseled epaulet, he felt the hand on his shoulder, and knew its meaning.
The system of the world
15
I tickled his epaulet with my knife.
Rite of Passage
16
A furious rage seized him and he sought eagerly for a shot at the epaulet, but it disappeared.
The Masters of the Peaks: A Story of the Great North Woods
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Translations for epaulet
Portuguese
dragona
Catalan
xarretera
Epaulet through the time