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

A barricade of heaped earth for protection from gunfire. / (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.

plural of epaulement

plural of epaule

An ornamentation, worn on the shoulders of a military uniform, as a sign of rank. / A similar piece of trimming on a lady’s dress. / A plate on the anterior wings of some insects.

plural of epaulette

plural of epaulet

Wearing epaulets; decorated with epaulets.

(chess) A checkmate pattern in which the losing side's king is unable to escape because its two surrounding parallel flight squares are occupied by pieces of its own color. Most commonly occurs with two rooks on the back rank.

Synonym of duskyshoulder trevally