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shoulder board

American  

noun

U.S. Navy.

  1. one of a pair of narrow, stiff, cloth patches bearing an insignia of rank and worn on the shoulders by a commissioned officer.

Etymology

Origin of shoulder board

First recorded in 1940–45

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