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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
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 ..."