A French-English Military Dictionary - Sturmpanzer.com

civifcre 85 elef
civiereft projectile, (art.) shot barrow;
& toile, v. & poudre.
civil, a., civilian (i. e., nonmilitary); m., civilian;
en , in plain clothes, in mufti, in "cits
Hat 1 1 ; (adm.) vital statistics, department of
vital statistics.
clabaud, a., (hipp.) said of a horse with ears horizontal
at rest, and shaking from down up in
motion.
ciaie, f., screen; (fort.) wickerwork, hurdle,
wattle;
passer b la
revetement en
to , screen;
, (mil.) hurdle revetment.
clair, a., clear; written out in full, in plain words
(of a cipher message);
de-lune, moonlight.
claire-voie, f., skylight; interval or space between
joists, etc., when too large; opening closed by
a grating;
& , with openwork, checkerwork of open and
clairiere, f., (top.) clearing in a wood, glade.
clairon, m., (mil.) bugle; bugler;
eleve- '-, lance-bugler (i. e., soldier learning
the bugle);
maitre , chief bugler.
clamauder, v. a., to clamp, secure with a crampiron.
clameau, m., clamp, dog, holdfast; cramp-iron,
timber-dog;
& une face, cramp-iron with points in same
direction ;
fi deux faces, cramp-iron with directions of
points at right angles;
plat, v. & une face;
& pointe et & crochet ouvert, cramp-iron with
a point and a hook, respectively, at the ends,
timber-dog;
simple, v. a une face;
trace, & x, (fort.) trace of covered way in
which the crest breaks at right angles to pass
traverses.
clameur, f., (mil.) seditious cry.
clamp, m., v. clan.
clampin, m., (mil.) straggler; lame soldier.
clamponier, m., (hipp.) long-pasterned horse.
clan, m., sheave-hole (of a pulley, block).
clapet, m.. (mach., etc.) clack, valve-clack, clackvalve,
flap-valve, pump-valve;
h articulations, hinged valve, flap valve;
d'aspiration. suction valve;
d couronne, bell-shaped valve, cup-valve;
de decharge, delivery valve;
double, double-flap valve;
du fond, foot-valve ;
inferieur, v. dufond;
de pied, v. dufond;
de pompe, pump-sucker, clapper;
de pompe b air. blow-valve;
de refoulement', delivery valve;
de retenue, retaining valve; stop valve;
de ventilation, damper.
clapotage, m., rippling, chopping, turbulent
motion (of the sea, lakes, etc.), and noise of
same.
clapoter, v. n., to ripple, to chop, to make a rippling
noise (of the sea, etc.).
clapoteux, a., choppy (of the sea).
claquage, m., (hipp.) overstretching, (and hence)
breaking down.
claque, m., (unif.) cocked hat.
claquement, m., crack, cracking (of a whip);
(steam, etc.) water-hammer, water-hammering.
claquer, v. a. n.. to crack a whip; (hipp.) to overstretch,
and (hence) to break down.
claquette, f., musical instrument imitating the
cracking of a whip.
clarinette, f., clarinet; clarinet player.
classe, f., class, classification; (mil.) class (i. e.,
officers, men, of the first, of the second class,
etc.);
de mobilisation, (Fr. a.) class to which a
man belongs when summoned for service, and
depending on number of years of service accomplished;
classe, premiere , (Fr. a.) the upper half of
the list of captains and of lieutenants (except
infantry captains);
de recrutcment, ( Fr. a.) class to which a man
belongs as fixed by drawing lots.
classement, m., class, classifying;
de chevaux, (Fr. a.) classification as to fit-
ness for military service, after inspection,
by a commission, of all horses and mules 5
years old on January 1 of year in which board
operates;
de sortie, graduation, final, standing (schools).
claudication, f., lameness; act of limping.
clausoir, m., (cons.) keystone of an arch.
claveau, m., (com.) keystone, arch stone, voussoir;
de naissance, springer.
clavet, m., calking-iron.
clavetage, m., (mach., etc.) keying, system or set
of keys;
d' 'assemblage, keyed connection;
de hauteur, edged keying.
claveter, v. a., (mach., etc.) to key, to gib.
clavette, f., key, pin, peg; driving-wedge, cotter;
forelock; (art.) cap-square key; (harn.) sort of
key or toggle for fastening watering or bridoon
bit to halter;
en arc, curved key;
de bielle, connecting-rod key;
boulond , cotter-pin;
de calage, tightening key, adjusting key;
de charge, draft key;
contre , gib ;
et contre , cotter and gib; gib and key;
double, spring-key, split pin;
de dressage, tightening key;
excentree, eccentric key, forming wedge;
fendue, split pin, split-cotter pin;
hfourche, forked cotter, split pin;
de hauteur, edge key;
& mentonnet, gib;
rasante, side key, rectangular key;
de serrage, tightening key;
de susbande, (art.) cap-square key;
de torsion, torsion key.
clayon, m., (fort.) small rod used in gabion making,
gabion rod.
clayoiinage, m., (fort., etc.) wickerwork, wattling;
fence of hurdles and turf; waling.
clayonner, v. a., (fort., etc.) to make the web of,
to wattle, a gabion; to wattle.
clef, f., (sometimes spelled cle) key (of a lock);
key (of a cipher); chock; fid; wedge; cotter;
Elug (of a cock); spanner, wrench; toggle,
ook, at the end of a chain; key of a lockingchain;
(cons.) keystone; (art.) stop (of a carrierring);
(cord.) hitch, knot; (mil.) key (of a
position);
anglaise, & I'anglaise, screw-wrench,
monkey wrench ;
anglaise d, ecrous, monkey wrench;
d'assemblage, assembling key, key;
d bequille, spanner ;
de calage, adjusting, tightening, key;
de chaine, fetter; (pont.) toggle or hook;
de chaine d'embrelage, keep-chain hook;
de chaine d'enrayage, locking-chain hook;
de chaine de suspension, (pont.) suspensionchain
hook;
de charpenterie, (cons.) reinforce, reinforcing
piece (of a beam);
de chiffre, cipher key;
de couplage, (art.) assembling key of German
double-action fuse;
de decharge, (elec.) discharging key (as of a
condenser);
demi , (cord.) half-hitch;
double, double wrench, double-ended wrench ;
double it, ecrous, double screw-wrench;
& double , said of a cipher in which the alphabet
is changed at each word or letter, in which
the reference of the symbol changes;
double a fourche eta tenons, (art.) screw- and
adjusting-wrench ;