Synonyms for epaulets

Grammar : Noun

Spell : ep-uh-let, -lit, ep-uh-let

Phonetic Transcription : ˈɛp əˌlɛt, -lɪt, ˌɛp əˈlɛt

Définition of epaulets

Origin : 1783, from French épaulette (16c.), diminutive of épaule "shoulder," from Old French espaule (12c.), from Latin spatula "flat piece of wood, splint," later "shoulder blade," diminutive of spatha "broad wooden instrument, broad sword," from Greek spathe "a broad flat sword" (see spade (n.1)).

As in service stripe : noun military decoration

Example sentences :

Both, like epaulets or tassels, were worn lightly and befittingly.
Extract from : « The Strollers » by Frederic S. Isham

As he passed us, I noticed the epaulets of a colonel and the green cap with a visor.
Extract from : « Beasts, Men and Gods » by Ferdinand Ossendowski

We hear you are going into the wilds where epaulets don't grow.
Extract from : « White Lies » by Charles Reade

But you are her sister, and what are epaulets compared with what she will give me?
Extract from : « White Lies » by Charles Reade

Rose, faint at heart, consented in silence, and fastened on the epaulets.
Extract from : « White Lies » by Charles Reade

If he was dead, they'd have whipped off his epaulets, and left him there.
Extract from : « White Lies » by Charles Reade

For instance; I said just now, "You see the sun's epaulets before the sun."
Extract from : « Ariadne Florentina » by John Ruskin

Look at Colonel Philibert there, with the King's epaulets on his shoulders.
Extract from : « The Golden Dog » by William Kirby

Two immortals in epaulets and sashes in the background are only wanted instead of one.
Extract from : « Edmond Dants » by Edmund Flagg

Gone were the epaulets, the plumes and the swords in sheath.
Extract from : « Before the Dawn » by Joseph Alexander Altsheler

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