(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.
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Epaulet
Definition:
(n.) Alt. of Epaulette
Example Sentences:
(1) Despite loving the razzle-dazzle of performance – even his off-duty wardrobe, with its epauletted jackets, looked like stagewear – he was crushed by the pressure of maintaining a cherubic public persona.
(2) A colossal bullfrog of a guard, in an olive-green uniform with red epaulets, is spitting at us in Russian while a huge alsatian strains at the leash, barking ferociously.
(3) Ore concludes the piece in the same way Tolokonnikova finished her defence, by quoting from a Pussy Riot song: "Open all the doors, tear off your epaulets.
(4) IN and A + E males were more likely than other males to keep their epaulets constantly exposed.