épaté, -e, adj., broad-footed; wide; with the foot broken off (of glasses); flat (of noses); (pop.) amazed, dumfounded.
épatement, n.m., amazement.
épater, v.a., to break the foot off (a glass); to flatten; to widen; (pop.) to amaze, to dumfound.
s’épater, v.r., to sprawl; to get broken (of glass).
épaulard, n.m., (ich.) grampus, ork.
épaule, n.f., shoulder; start (of wheels). Des —s larges; broad shoulders. Hausser les —s; to shrug one’s shoulders. Faire hausser les —s à quelqu’un; to make any one shrug his shoulders. Plier les —s; to put up with. Prêter l’— à quelqu’un; to back up any one. Donner un coup d’— à; to help any one; to give any one a lift. Faire une chose par-dessus l’—; to leave a thing undone; to do a thing over the left. Porter sur les —s; (fig.) to be heartily sick of. Marcher des —s; to slouch. L’— d’un bastion; the flank of a bastion. —s d’un vaisseau; bows of a ship.
épaulée, n.f., push (with the shoulders); (cook.) fore-quarter of mutton without the shoulder. —s; shouldering. Faire une chose par —s; to do a thing by fits and starts.
épaulement (é-pôl-mān), n.m., a shoulder-piece, covert; shoulder; (fort.) epaulement, demi-bastion, breastwork.
épauler, v.a., to break the shoulder, to splay; to help, to back, to countenance, to bring to the shoulder, to prop; to press to the shoulder (of rifles). — des troupes; to cover troops. Bête épaulée; animal with a sprained shoulder; (fig., fam.) a perfect fool; a dishonored woman.