Etymology

epaule

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Today it means: The shoulder of a bastion, or the place where its face and flank meet and form the angle, called the angle of the shoulder. Full definition →

French épaule
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The story

  1. French · derived fromépaule“shoulder, shoulder of a bastion”
  2. English todayepaule

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

Words from the same roots

Frenchépaule all →

épaulé

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