0 a decoration worn on the shoulder of a piece of clothing, especially on a military coat, shirt, etc. --
His beard and mustache were festooned with thin slivers of ice, and his shoulders bore epaulets of frosted snow.
Near him stood his only luggage, a large epaulet-box, of shape inexplicable to the unwarlike.
He was aiming at the resplendent figure in gold epaulets, carefully as one aims at a target, and at last he pulled the trigger.
His tunic was embroidered, too, and his epaulets were heavy with gold.
As he looked around for some officer, he saw a middle-sized man with mustache, wearing epaulets, who was walking behind the crowd.
For one part of the population crosses, decorations, epaulets, offices, prestige, power, importance, dignities began to whirl about like butterflies in a golden atmosphere.
His coat was of superfine green cloth, heavily ornamented with gold epaulets and gold lace.
They saw a tall, splendid, handsome man in a blue coat with buff facings, and epaulets on his shoulders.
