(definition) by Webster 1913 Tue Dec 21 1999 at 23:26:03

E*paule"ment (?), n. [F. 'epaulement.] Fort.

A side work, made of gabions, fascines, or bags, filled with earth, or of earth heaped up, to afford cover from the flanking fire of an enemy.

 

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