Definition of Epaule

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

Definition of Epaule

1. 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. ¹

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Definition of Epaule

1. the shoulder of a bastion [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Epaule

epanastrophe
epanodos
epanody
epanorthosis
epanthous
eparch
eparchial
eparchic
eparchies
eparchs
eparchy
eparsalgia
eparterial
eparterial bronchus
epatant
epaule (current term)
epaulement
epaulements
epaules
epaulet
epaulets
epaulette
epauletted
epaulettes
epauliere
epaxial
epazote
epazotes
epee
epeeist

Literary usage of Epaule

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A New System of Domestic Cookery: Formed Upon Principles of Economy and by Maria Eliza Ketelby Rundell (1824)
"epaule d'Agneau piquee.—Larded Shoulder of Lamb. Take out the bone of a small shoulder of lamb; lard the under side with small lardons of bacon dipped in a ..."

2. The universal etymological English dictionaryby Nathan Bailey by Nathan Bailey (1731)
"... f lion ANGLE of the epaule \ [Kn lines ot the lace BC and the flml the angle ABC, which is formed I ANGLE of ..."

3. A Method of Breaking Horses, and Teaching Soldiers to Ride: Designed for the by Henry Herbert 10th Earl of Pembroke (1762)
"... ivith men upon them, by the epaule en dedans, •&V. with and without a longe, on -circles and on ..."

4. A Treatise on Equitation, Or, The Art of Horsemanship by J. G. Peters (1835)
"ON THE DIFFERENT PASSAGES : epaule-EN-DEDANS, OR SHOULDER-IN ; THE HALF-PASSAGE ; RIGHT ... The shoulder-in, or epaule-en-dedans, is no doubt the easiest ..."

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