epaulementn.

/ɛˈpɔːlmənt/

Forms: Also 1600s espaulment, 1800s epaulment. In sense 2 ‖ épaulement /epolmɑ̃/.

Etymology: < French épaulement (earlier esp-), < épauler to protect (troops) by an epaulement, < épaule shoulder.

1. Fortification. ‘A covering mass raised to protect from the fire of the enemy, but differing from a parapet in having no arrangement made for the convenient firing over it by defenders’ (Adm. Smyth).

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > defence > defensive work(s) > earthwork or rampart > [noun]

wallc900

banka1387

aggera1398

trench1445

braye1512

mantle-walla1522

werewalla1525

rampire1548

rampart1550

mound1558

mount1558

argin1589

vallie1602

earthwork1633

circumvallation1645

vallation1664

subtrench1669

epaulement1687

enceinte1708

ring1780

vallum1803

main-work1833

1687 J. Richards Jrnl. Siege Buda 8 To beat the Enemy from an Espaulment they had made to flank the Breach.

1748 T. Smollett Roderick Random II. xlv. 90 I never saw an epaulement but once—and that was at the siege of Namur.

1811 J. Pinkerton Petralogy I. 43 Fasces of prisms, projecting from the wall, like epaulements.

1859 F. A. Griffiths Artillerist's Man. (1862) 251 On the balls striking the epaulment, they ricochéd.

2. Ballet. The placing of the shoulders, one forward and the other drawn back, with the head turned to look over the forward shoulder.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > dancing > ballet > [noun] > movements > disposition of body and limbs > of shoulders

epaulement1830

1830 R. Barton tr. C. Blasis Code of Terpsichore (ed. 2) 67 Epaulement, opposition of the body.

1830 R. Barton tr. C. Blasis Code of Terpsichore (ed. 2) 67 Opposition, épaulement du corps; half-arm in opposition and legs in the third position.

1952 Ballet Ann. 6 121/1 The shortcomings of the French school—poor port de bras and épaulement, bent knees and weakness in pirouettes.

1961 Guardian 8 June 8/4 Sticklike arms and an almost complete lack of épaulement.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	epaulement
释义	epaulementn. /ɛˈpɔːlmənt/ Forms: Also 1600s espaulment, 1800s epaulment. In sense 2 ‖ épaulement /epolmɑ̃/. Etymology: < French épaulement (earlier esp-), < épauler to protect (troops) by an epaulement, < épaule shoulder. 1. Fortification. ‘A covering mass raised to protect from the fire of the enemy, but differing from a parapet in having no arrangement made for the convenient firing over it by defenders’ (Adm. Smyth). ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > defence > defensive work(s) > earthwork or rampart > [noun] wallc900 banka1387 aggera1398 trench1445 braye1512 mantle-walla1522 werewalla1525 rampire1548 rampart1550 mound1558 mount1558 argin1589 vallie1602 earthwork1633 circumvallation1645 vallation1664 subtrench1669 epaulement1687 enceinte1708 ring1780 vallum1803 main-work1833 1687 J. Richards Jrnl. Siege Buda 8 To beat the Enemy from an Espaulment they had made to flank the Breach. 1748 T. Smollett Roderick Random II. xlv. 90 I never saw an epaulement but once—and that was at the siege of Namur. 1811 J. Pinkerton Petralogy I. 43 Fasces of prisms, projecting from the wall, like epaulements. 1859 F. A. Griffiths Artillerist's Man. (1862) 251 On the balls striking the epaulment, they ricochéd. 2. Ballet. The placing of the shoulders, one forward and the other drawn back, with the head turned to look over the forward shoulder. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > dancing > ballet > [noun] > movements > disposition of body and limbs > of shoulders epaulement1830 1830 R. Barton tr. C. Blasis Code of Terpsichore (ed. 2) 67 Epaulement, opposition of the body. 1830 R. Barton tr. C. Blasis Code of Terpsichore (ed. 2) 67 Opposition, épaulement du corps; half-arm in opposition and legs in the third position. 1952 Ballet Ann. 6 121/1 The shortcomings of the French school—poor port de bras and épaulement, bent knees and weakness in pirouettes. 1961 Guardian 8 June 8/4 Sticklike arms and an almost complete lack of épaulement. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1687
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