English
Shouldergate
From shoulder + -gate.
Formed from shoulder + -gate
Proto-West Germanic *skuldru
Old English sċuldra
Middle English schuldre ‘the shoulder’
English shoulder
Today it means
name A 1978 controversy around the Pittsburgh Steelers practising in shoulder pads during an off-season period in which such drills were not allowed under NFL rules.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Shouldergate