epaulement

See epaulment. epaulet, epaulette (ep'a-let), n. [= D. G. epaulette = Sw. epålett, ependytes material which protects the guns in a battery both in front and on either flank; and an epaulment can be distinguished from a parapet only by being without the banquette or step at the foot of the interior side on which the men stand to fire over a parapet. Its application includes the covering ma for a mortar-battery, also the ma thrown up to screen reserve artillery. epaxal (ep-ak's al), a. Same as epaxial. Wilder.