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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

[F.

épaule

shoulder, shoulder of a bastion. See

, and cf.

the shoulder.]

(Fort.)

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

See also: épaule, épaulé, êpaule, and êpaûle

epaule ‎(plural epaules)

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