EPAUL'MENT, noun In fortification, a side-work or work to cover sidewise, made of gabions, fascines or bags of earth. It sometimes denotes a semi-bastion and a square orillon, or mass of earth faced and lined with a wall, designed to cover the cannon of the casemate.
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Webster's Dictionary 1828
American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.