English Explanatory Dictionary

epaule

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The shoulder of a bastion, or the place where its face and flank meet and form the angle, called the angle of the shoulder.

Word forms

epaule epaules

Etymology

From French épaule (“shoulder, shoulder of a bastion”). See epaulet, and compare spall (“the shoulder”).

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