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epaulment

epaulment is the obsolete form of epaulement.

Meaning of epaulement

Noun

epaulement (plural epaulements)

  1. A barricade of heaped earth for protection from gunfire.
  2. (ballet) A position in which one shoulder is thrust forward and the other back, and the torso turned at a right angle to the supporting leg.

Forms of epaulment

pluralepaulments

Questions about epaulment

What is epaulment the obsolete form of?
Epaulment is the obsolete form of epaulement.

Words near epaulment in the dictionary

  1. epaulette sharks
  2. epauletted
  3. epaulettes
  4. epauliere
  5. epaulieres
  6. epaulment
  7. epaulments
  8. Epaw
  9. epaxial
  10. epaxially
  11. epaxials

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Adapted from Wiktionary: epaulment (page history and authors); epaulement (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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