Epaulement

[e'pɔ:lmәnt]

(n.) 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.

Editor: Olaf

n. a side-work of a battery or earthwork to protect it from a flanking fire.—n. Epaule′ the shoulder of a bastion.

Inputed by Josiah