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Ailette

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Ai`lette
n.1.A small square shield, formerly worn on the shoulders of knights, - being the prototype of the modern epaulet.
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Squires were running hither and thither, or aiding their masters to don armor, lacing helm to hauberk, tying the points of ailette, coude, and rondel; buckling cuisse and jambe to thigh and leg.
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