epaule

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noun

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

OriginFrench épaule →
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Meanings

nounepaule (plural epaules)

plural epaules

  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.

Origin

  1. Frenchépaule“shoulder, shoulder of a bastion”
  2. Englishepaule

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

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epaule. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/epaule

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“epaule.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/epaule. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “epaule,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/epaule.

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