shoulderboard

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noun

An elaborate shoulder strap on a military uniform.

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Meanings

nounshoulderboard (plural shoulderboards)

plural shoulderboards

  1. governmentAn elaborate shoulder strap on a military uniform.
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    In Jerusalem, the streets glittered with the gold braid and shoulderboards of Russian uniforms, worn by princes and generals, while teeming with the sheepskins and smocks of thousands of peasant pilgrims, all encouraged by Nicholas who also despatched and ecclesiastical mission to compete with the other Europeans.

    2011, Simon Sebag Montefiore, Jerusalem: The Biography – A History of the Middle East, page 409

Origin

From shoulder + board.

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APA

shoulderboard. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shoulderboard

MLA

“shoulderboard.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shoulderboard. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “shoulderboard,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shoulderboard.

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