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Butteris :: Butteris (n.) A steel cutting instrument, with a long bent shank set in a handle which rests against the shoulder of the operator. It is operated by a thrust movement, and used in paring the hoofs of horses..

Scapula :: Scapula (n.) The principal bone of the shoulder girdle in mammals; the shoulder blade.

Epaule :: Epaule (n.) The shoulder of a bastion, or the place where its face and flank meet and form the angle, called the angle of the shoulder..

Talon :: Talon (n.) The shoulder of the bolt of a lock on which the key acts to shoot the bolt.

Slip-on :: Slip-on (n.) A kind of overcoat worn upon the shoulders in the manner of a cloak.

Tomjohn :: Tomjohn (n.) A kind of open sedan used in Ceylon, carried by a single pole on men's shoulders..

Relish :: Relish (n.) The projection or shoulder at the side of, or around, a tenon, on a tenoned piece..

Arm :: Arm (n.) The limb of the human body which extends from the shoulder to the hand; also, the corresponding limb of a monkey..

Espauliere :: Espauliere (n.) A defense for the shoulder, composed of flexible overlapping plates of metal, used in the 15th century; -- the origin of the modern epaulette..

Epaulette :: Epaulette (n.) A shoulder ornament or badge worn by military and naval officers, differences of rank being marked by some peculiar form or device, as a star, eagle, etc.; a shoulder knot..

Scapulo- :: Scapulo- () A combining form used in anatomy to indicate connection with, or relation to, the scapula or the shoulder; as, the scapulo-clavicular articulation, the articulation between the scapula and clavicle..

Shift :: Shift (v. t.) To change the place of; to move or remove from one place to another; as, to shift a burden from one shoulder to another; to shift the blame..

Brassart :: Brassart (n.) Armor for the arm; -- generally used for the whole arm from the shoulder to the wrist, and consisting, in the 15th and 16th centuries, of many parts..

Precoracoid :: Precoracoid (n.) The anterior part of the coracoid (often closely united with the clavicle) in the shoulder girdle of many reptiles and amphibians.

Clavicle :: Clavicle (n.) The collar bone, which is joined at one end to the scapula, or shoulder blade, and at the other to the sternum, or breastbone. In man each clavicle is shaped like the letter /, and is situated just above the first rib on either side of the neck. In birds the two clavicles are united ventrally, forming the merrythought, or wishbone..

Busby :: Busby (n.) A military headdress or cap, used in the British army. It is of fur, with a bag, of the same color as the facings of the regiment, hanging from the top over the right shoulder..

Colstaff :: Colstaff (n.) A staff by means of which a burden is borne by two persons on their shoulders.

Long-waisted :: Long-waisted (a.) Long from the part about the neck or shoulder, or from the armpits, to the bottom of the weist, or to the skirt; -- said of garments; as, a long-waisted coat..

Guide :: Guide (n.) The leather strap by which the shield of a knight was slung across the shoulder, or across the neck and shoulder..

Drawbore :: Drawbore (n.) A hole bored through a tenon nearer to the shoulder than the holes through the cheeks are to the edge or abutment against which the shoulder is to rest, so that a pin or bolt, when driven into it, will draw these parts together..

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