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epaule

epaule 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.

Noun

epaule (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.

Forms of epaule

pluralepaules

Origin of epaule

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

Questions about epaule

What does epaule mean?
Epaule 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.
What part of speech is epaule?
Epaule is a noun.
What is the plural of epaule?
The plural of epaule is epaules.

Words near epaule in the dictionary

  1. eparchies
  2. eparchs
  3. eparchy
  4. eparterial
  5. EPAS
  6. epaule
  7. epaulement
  8. epaulements
  9. epaules
  10. epaulet
  11. epaulet mate

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