epaule

Etymology

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

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. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 88 out of 100.

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.