shoulderpad

plural shoulderpads

1. alternativeAlternative form of shoulder pad

   Brenda wears brown tweed and shoulderpads.

   2009, Fowler, Ruth, Girl, Undressed: On Stripping in New York City, Penguin Books, page 64

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   He stepped swiftly inside the group of clustered shoulderpads and slugged the back. No more complaints.

   1966, Olderman, Murray, The pro quarterback, Prentice-Hall, page 205

   ... he put on his shinpads, his shoulderpads, then his toque, some mittens and an old coat of his father’s. Because of the shoulderpads, his own coat would have been too small.

   1990, Germain, Georges-Hébert, Overtime : the legend of Guy Lafleur, Viking, page 6