schuldre

== Middle English == === Alternative forms === scholder, scholdour, scholdur, schoulder, schulder, schuldir, schuldyr, sculdre, sholder, sholdir, sholdre, shulder, shuldur, ssoldre, ssuldre === Etymology === From Old English sċuldra, sċuldor, from Proto-West Germanic *skuldru. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈʃuldər/, /ˈʃɔldər/, /ˈʃuldrə/ === Noun === schuldre (plural schuldres or schuldren) The shoulder (as a joint or bodily region): (figurative) One's strength or carrying capacity. The shoulder (cut of meat) The part of a garment that covers the shoulder. The scapula (bone behind the shoulder). (rare, landform) A downwards slope (rare) A support or buttress. ==== Derived terms ==== schuldre blad schuldre bon schulderen schulderyng ==== Descendants ==== English: shoulder, shouder (dialectal) Middle Scots: schulder, schoulder, schouldir, schuder Scots: shouder, shooder, shouther, shoother, shidder Yola: shuller ==== References ==== “shulder, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 29 June 2018.