The joint, or the region of the joint, by which the fore limb is
connected with the body or with the shoulder girdle; the projection
formed by the bones and muscles about that joint.
The flesh and muscles connected with the
shoulder joint; the upper part of the back; that part of the human
frame on which it is most easy to carry a heavy burden; -- often used
in the plural.
Fig.: That which supports or sustains;
support.
That which resembles a human shoulder, as
any protuberance or projection from the body of a thing.
The upper joint of the fore leg and
adjacent parts of an animal, dressed for market; as, a shoulder
of mutton.
The angle of a bastion
included between the face and flank. See Illust. of
Bastion.
An abrupt projection which forms an
abutment on an object, or limits motion, etc., as the projection
around a tenon at the end of a piece of timber, the part of the top of
a type which projects beyond the base of the raised character,
etc.
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