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Epaule [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

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

Epaulement [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

A side work, made of gabions, fascines, or bags, filled with earth, or of earth heaped up, to afford cover from the flanking fire of an enemy.

Epaulet [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

A shoulder-piece; an ornamental badge worn on the shoulder by military men. Officers, military and naval, wear epaulets on one shoulder, or on both, according to their rank.

Epaulet [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Alt. of Epaulette

Epauleted [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Alt. of Epauletted

Epaulette [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

A shoulder ornament or badge worn by military and naval officers, differences of rank being marked by some peculiar form or device, as a star, eagle, etc.; a shoulder knot.

Epauletted [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Wearing epaulets; decorated with epaulets.