n. [ F. épaule shoulder, shoulder of a bastion. See Epaulet, and cf. Spall the shoulder. ] (Fort.) The shoulder of a bastion, or the place where its face and flank meet and form the angle, called the angle of the shoulder. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. épaulement. ] (Fort.) 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.

{ } n. [ F. épaulette, dim. of épaule shoulder, fr. L. spatula a broad piece (LL., shoulder), dim. of spatha abroad, flat instrument, fr. Gr. &unr_;, also, a broad rib, shoulder blade. See Spade the instrument, and cf. Epaule, Spatula. ] (Mil.) A shoulder ornament or badge worn by military and naval officers, differences of rank being marked by some peculiar form or device, as a star, eagle, etc.; a shoulder knot. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ In the United States service the epaulet is reserved for full dress uniform. Its use was abolished in the British army in 1855.

{ } a. Wearing epaulets; decorated with epaulets. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ OF. & F. épaulière. See Espalier. ] A defense for the shoulder, composed of flexible overlapping plates of metal, used in the 15th century; -- the origin of the modern epaulette. Fairholt. [ 1913 Webster ]

prop. a. Of or pertaining to Nepal (formerly written Nepaul), a kingdom North of India; same as Nepalese. -- n. sing. & pl. A native or natives of Nepal. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Pawl. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. An Italian silver coin. See Paolo. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Powldron. ] (Mil. Antiq.) A piece of armor covering the shoulder at the junction of the body piece and arm piece. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. (Eccl. Hist.) A follower of Paul of Samosata, a bishop of Antioch in the third century, who was deposed for denying the divinity of Christ. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Etymol. uncertain. ] (Eccl. Hist.) One of a sect of Christian dualists originating in Armenia in the seventh century. They rejected the Old Testament and the part of the New. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Naut.) See Tarpaulin. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. Paulinus, fr. Paulus Paul. ] Of or pertaining to the apostle Paul, or his writings; resembling, or conforming to, the writings of Paul; as, the Pauline epistles; Pauline doctrine. [ 1913 Webster ]

My religion had always been Pauline. J. H. Newman. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (R. C. Ch.) A member of The Institute of the Missionary Priests of St. Paul the Apostle, founded in 1858 by the Rev. I. T. Hecker of New York. The majority of the members were formerly Protestants. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖prop. n. [ NL. So named from the Russian princess Anna Pavlovna. ] (Bot.) A genus of trees of the order Scrophulariaceæ, consisting of one species, Paulownia imperialis. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The tree is native to Japan, and has immense heart-shaped leaves, and large purplish flowers in panicles. The capsules contain many little winged seeds, which are beautiful microscopic objects. The tree is hardy in America as far north as Connecticut. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Spall the shoulder. ] The shoulder. [ Scot. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Tar + palling a covering, pall to cover. See Pall a covering. ] 1. A piece of canvas covered with tar or a waterproof composition, used for covering the hatches of a ship, hammocks, boats, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A hat made of, or covered with, painted or tarred cloth, worn by sailors and others. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Hence, a sailor; a seaman; a tar. [ 1913 Webster ]

To a landsman, these tarpaulins, as they were called, seemed a strange and half-savage race. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]