Definition of "epaulette" [epaulette]

• An ornamentation, worn on the shoulders of a military uniform, as a sign of rank (noun)
• A similar piece of trimming on a lady’s dress (noun)
• A plate on the anterior wings of some hymenopteral insects (noun)
• The red patch on the shoulders of a red-winged blackbird (noun)

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• "French eagle; the face was ingeniously made up of human carcases, knotted and writhing together in such directions as to form a physiognomy; a band, or stock, shaped to resemble the English Channel, encircled his throat, and seemed to choke him; his epaulette was a hand tearing a cobweb that represented the treaty of peace with England; and his ear was"
• "It was not long after my daughter was born, and when I held out my hand to shake the movie stars I realized I had this kind of epaulette of banana sick on my black jacket."
• "There at the side of the pitch was a chap with a crown and a pip on his epaulette."