The Collaborative International Dictionary
Epaulement \E*paule"ment\, n. [F. ['e]paulement.] (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.
Wiktionary
n. 1 A barricade of heaped earth for protection from gunfire. 2 (context ballet English) 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.
Usage examples of "epaulement".
Amherst made his approaches with great circumspection, securing his camp with redoubts and epaulements from any attacks of Canadians, of which he imagined there was a considerable body behind him on the island, as well as from the fire of the French shipping in the harbour which would otherwise have annoyed him extremely in his advances.