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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 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.

A shoulder ornament or badge worn by military and naval officers, differences of rank being marked by some peculiar form or device, as a star, eagle, etc.; a shoulder knot.

Wearing epaulets; decorated with epaulets.

Of or pertaining to Nepaul, a kingdom in Northern Hindostan. -- n. sing. & pl.

e shield, formerly worn on the shoulders of knights, -- being the prototype of the modern epaulet. Fairholt.

Heavy twisted fringe, made of fine gold or silver wire and used for epaulets; also, any heavy twisted fringe whose cords are prominent.

exible overlapping plates of metal, used in the 15th century; -- the origin of the modern epaulette. Fairholt.

A kind of epaulet. See Shoulder knot.

The distance comprised between the angle of the epaule and the flanked angle.

. -- Shoulder knot, an ornamental knot of ribbon or lace worn on the shoulder; a kind of epaulet or braided ornament worn as part of a military uniform. -- Shoulder-of-mutton sail (Naut.), a triangular sail carried on a boat's mast; -- so called from its shape. -- Shoulder slip, dislocation of the shoulder, or of th…

etallic luster, and are ornamented on the sides of the back with markings of yellow, like epaulets or shoulder straps. -- Soldier moth (Zoöl.), a large geometrid moth (Euschema militaris), having the wings bright yellow with bluish black lines and spots. -- Soldier orchis (Bot.), a kind of orchis (Orchis militaris).…

An epaulet. [Sailor's Slang] Marryat.

An ornament worn on the shoulder; a small epaulet or shoulder knot.