Don Bozarth
drboz at pacbell.net
Mon Sep 22 12:52:48 CDT 2008
The strap is a passant, the epaulette was originally the fringed ornamental shoulder piece. I don't belive the badge of rank worn on the passant is actually an epaulette. Don B. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Arthur Fuller" <fuller.artful at gmail.com> To: "Discussion of Hardware and Software issues" <dba-tech at databaseadvisors.com> Sent: Monday, September 22, 2008 10:10 AM Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Very OT and It's only Monday so forgive me > Thanks for the correction but this only doubles the problem. What is the > name of the strap on the shoulder to which one's rank badges are attached? > (This is news to me. I thought that epaulet was the name of the strap, not > the name of the appended military honours.) > > A. > > On Mon, Sep 22, 2008 at 1:55 PM, Stuart McLachlan > <stuart at lexacorp.com.pg>wrote: > >> Striclty speaking, the shoulder one is a shoulder straps. >> An epaulet (or epaulette) is a badge of rank worn on the shoulder >> strap - >> the >> shoulder strap is used to attach the epaulette (or these days more >> usually >> just a "slip-on") >> >> No idea about the sleeve one. >> > _______________________________________________ > dba-Tech mailing list > dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com