shoulder piece (sholderpes)

A shoulder strap; a strap or piece joining the front and back of a garment, and pa ing over the shoul der. It [the ephod] shall have the two shoulder pieces thereof joined at the two edges thereof; and so it shall be joined together. Ex. xxviii. 7. shoulder-pitcht (shōl'der-pich), n. The point of the shoulder; the acromion. Acromion. The shoulder pitch , or point, wherewith the hinder and fore parts of the necke are joyned together. Cotgrave. shoulder-pole (shōl'der-pol), n. A pole to be carried on the shoulders of two persons to support a burden slung between them. The double gate was thrown open to admit a couple of fettered convicts carrying water in a large wooden bucket slung between them on a shoulder -pole. The Century, XXXVII. 35. shoulder-screw (shōl'dėr-skrö), n. An external screw made with a shoulder which limits the distance to which it can be screwed in.