The heavy puffed sleeves became tight and started from a small epaulet or puffed roll; some of these had a small cuff at the wrist or a frill.
In the United States service the epaulet is reserved for full dress uniform.
An ornament worn on the shoulder; a small epaulet or shoulder knot.
Mouse told Rat, and Rat told Martin and Beaver, that the poor girl was in love with him, Tiny, and that he would make it all right one of these days, when he got an epaulet on his little shoulder.
I see de red worsted epaulet of de grenadier also; sacre!
The little spinner was habited in a plain but handsome uniform, with one goldepaulet on his right shoulder, whilst the delighted approver had a coat splendid with broad white kerseymere facings.
At length, the little man with the epaulet commenced a very prurient tale.
I wore an epaulet then; we had the same state-room, you know, sir.
Haven't I my epaulet on my shoulder, to let everybody know I'm an officer?
There's a big difference between a stripe on your arm and an epaulet on your shoulder," he said, half aloud.
At last there came a company from New Jersey, and in front of it marched Carter Hewes, a Lieutenant's epaulet on his left shoulder.
Shoulder knot, an ornamental knot of ribbon or lace worn on the shoulder; a kind of epaulet or braided ornament worn as part of a military uniform.
At that period the distinguishing mark of a commander, as the epaulet on the left shoulder, of a lieutenant, and the epaulet on both, of a post-captain.
When I've got my epaulet shifted to the right shoulder?
They all appeared to be military men, judging at least from their mustaches, and Don Blas himself bore no other insignia of his rank than a round jacket, decorated with a sort of epaulet on each shoulder, denoting only the brevet captain.
After such a funeral oration, this devoted servant detached the gold epaulet from the lieutenant's shoulder with the utmost coolness, and appropriated it to himself by way of consolation.
A gorget could often be seen shining over a stole, whilst an epaulet looked strange when contrasted with a chasuble.
Ay," said another, "we serve in an army where crowns are military distinctions, and the epaulet is only the first step to a kingdom.
It is not here, nor now, that I am going to tell why I wear the epauletno longer.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "epaulet" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word. Other words: badge; bar; chevron; chicken; drapery; eagle; epaulet; patch; star; stripe; wings
