EPAULEMENT
, in Fortification, a side-work hastily thrown up, to cover the cannon or the men; and is made either of earth thrown up, or bags filled with earth or sand, or of gabions, or fascines, &c, with earth: of which latter sort are commonly the Epaulements of the places of arms for the cavalry behind the trenches.
Epaulement, is also used for a demi-bastion, con- | sisting of a face and flank, placed at the point of a horn-work or crown-work. Also for a little flank added to the sides of horn-works, to defend them when they are too long. Also for the redoubts made on a right line, to fortify it. And lastly, for an orillon, or mass of earth almost square, faced and lined with a wall, and designed to cover the cannon of a casemate.
