polron

English

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈpəʊl.ɹən/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈpoʊl.ɹən/

Noun

polron (plural polrons)

  1. Obsolete form of pauldron.
    • 1612, Thomas North (translator, of Plutarch), The Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romaines, Etc, page 602:
      [] & to rent their polrons from their shoulders. Whilest they were thus tearing each other, their horses ran from thē, and they fell to the ground  []

Further reading

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.