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chevalier 82 chien
chevaline, a., (hipp.) equine (e. g., bete - -
,etc.).
, race
chevalier-0arde, (mil.) chevalier-garde (Russian).
chevauchee, f., (cm;.) mad, desperate
charge.
chevauchement, m., (tech.) riding, overlapping;
(cord.) overriding; (hipp.) overriding of heels.
chevaucher, v. a., (man.) to go on horseback;
(tech.) to lap, overlap, to ride; (hipp.) to override
(of heels); (cord.) to ride over;
- court (long), (man.) to ride with short (long)
stirrups.
chevau-leger, m. , (cav.) sort of light-horseman;
-s, light cavalry (suppressed in France in
chevet, m.. bolster; (sm. a.) end of small-arm
chest; (pont.) beam supporting balks of a
bridge.
chevetre, f., (harn.) halter; (cons.) trimmer, header
(of a wooden floor); bracing, brace (of an iron
floor).
cheveux, m. pi., hair; (sm. a.) hair-rifling.
chevillage, m., bolting, pinning, fastening with
pins; - en cuivre, copper bolting; - double, double bolting; - enfer, iron bolting;
simple, single bolting.
chevllle, f., peg, pin; dowel; bolt, spike; key (of a
joint); wooden pin or pllug;
treenail;
arret d'excentrique, (art., etc.) eccentric
stop; - d'arr&t, locking-pin; - arretoir. stop-pin, locking-pin; (art.) travel-
ing trunnion-bolt; - d 'assemblage, through bolt, shackle bolt,
assembling bolt;
atteler en-
, (harn.) to hitch a horse in front of
a shaft horse; - & barbe,-barbette,-barbue, rag-bolt;
- bardelee, spike-nail; - de bois,- en bois, treenail; - & boucle, ringbolt, eyebolt;
-- & bout-perdu, short-drove bolt;
- ft charger les mines, (min.) shooting-needle,
blasting-needle, nail;
chasser une- to drive a , bolt; - clavetee, clench-bolt; - ft croc, hook-bolt; - ft ergot, rag-, sprig-, barb-bolt;
- enfer, iron phi; - ft fiche, rag-bolt; - fixe, steady pin; - ft goujon, common bolt; - ft grille,-grillee, rag-bolt; - hdche, (pont.) crossbar key of the Belgian
trestle; - maitresse, kingbolt; - de manoeuvre, (art.) gun-lift phi;
- ft mentonnet, (art.) cap-square bolt;
- ouvriere, pivot, pivot-bolt, spindle; mainphi;
bolster bolt; (art.) pintle, pintle bolt;
- ouvriere ^
arriere, ( -avant,-de I'avant),
(art.) rear (front) pintle bolt;
--pivot, (art.) central pivot, pivot mounting,
pivot-bolt or pillar (esp. of armored
mounts); - ft repousser, drift-bolt, starting bolt;
- ft la romaine, shifting-pin (of a carriage);
selUtte de-ouvriere, pintle-block;
- ft tete carree, square-headed bolt;
- ft tete de diamant, diamond-headed bolt;
- ft tete encastree, countersunk bolt;
- ft grosse tSte, saucer-headed bolt;
- ft tete plate, flat-headed bolt; - ft tete ronde, round-headed bolt;
- de tournage, (cord, etc.) belaying phi;
- ft tourniquet, screw-bolt; (pont.) rack-stick;
- ft virole, clinch-bolt; - ft vis, (art.) screw-pillar; - vissee, screw-plug.
cheviller, v. a., to bolt, to bolt together; to peg,
to peg a shoe, etc.; - d'un bord ft I'autre, to bolt through;
- en cuivre, to copper fasten;
cheviller en fer, to fasten with iron spikes, bolts,
etc.;
ft travers bois, to bolt through.
chevlllette, f., phi, key, keep-phi;
arret, keep-phi, stay-pin;
ft clavette, key-phi;
fofk 'of a wagon); key-phi;
clef de timon, (art.) fork-strap key;
de crochet cheville ouvriere, (art.) pintle key.
chevillot, m., toggle, belaying pin.
chevre, f., (art., etc.) gin;
ascenseur, (art.) lifting-gin (used in for-
brisee, field-gin;
en cabestan, gin rigged as a capstan;
cable de , gin-fall;
ft declic, garrison gin;
dresser la , to raise the gin;
entretoise de , crossbar of a gin;
tquiper la en cabestan, to rig the gin as a
capstan;
tquiper la ft n brins, to rig the gin with an
n-fold tackle;
ft haubans, gin used as sheers; gin as sheers;
pied de , leg of a gin;
de place, garrison gin;
postiche, sheers;
de tranchee, (siege) trench- or siege-gin; (art.)
gun-lift.
chevrette, f., small or light gin; small tripod used
in cleaning wagons, etc.; setter;
double, setter with two uprights;
simple, setter.
chevron, m., (cons.) rafter, couple, jack rafter of
a roof; (mil.) n. c. o. chevron (not worn in
France), service stripe;
d'anciennetf, (mil?) service stripe;
passant, (cons.) rafter forming support of
chevronnage, m., frame, framework.
chevrotine, f., (sm. a.) buckshot.
chicane, f., (mil.) slight skirmish, affair of small
importance (to worry the enemy); obstacle, material
obstacle cf whatever sort, to delay or
annoy the enemy, to dispute his possession of
the ground; (steam, etc.) obstacle (e. g., to
passage of flame, so as to have a greater heating
surface);
du fosse, (siege) defense of the ditch by every
possible means;
guerre de , (mil.) generic term for small
operations designed to annoy or delay the
, (mil.) struggle in which the advance
of the enemy is opposed at every step by ob-
stacles;
terrain de , (mil.) ground possession of which
is disputed by means of obstacles, etc., (in
gen.) disputed ground.
chicaner, v. a., to dispute;
le terrain, (mil.) to dispute the ground.
chicot, m., tree-stump.
chics trac, m., (mil. slang) refuse, offal, etc.;
corvee de , (mil.) fatigue for cleaning cesspools
and the like.
chien, m., dog; (sm. a.) hammer (lock guns); cocking
piece, cocking-stud (of modern military
rifles); (r.f. art.) hammer; (mach.) dog.;
armer le , (sm. a.) to cock;
bander le , (sm. a., etc.) to cock;
ft charniere, hinged dog;
de compagnie, (mil. slang) sergeant-major;
conduire le ft I'abattu, (sm. a.) to let down
the hammer;
debander le , (sm. a.) to let down the hammer;
desarmer le , v. debander le ;
de guerre, (mil.) dog trained for military
purposes (to give alarm in outposts, etc.);
mettre le ft I'abattu, (sm. a.) v. conduire, etc.,
supra;
U"n, officier , (mil. slang) a martinet;
de regiment, (mil. slang) an adjutant;
sans , (sm. a.) hammerless (e. g., shotgun);