A French-English Military Dictionary - Sturmpanzer.com

contre-poids 100 controter
contre-poids, m., counterpoise, counterweight,
counterbalance; balance-weight.
contre-poil, m., wrong way of the hair, of the
nap.
contre-poinc.on, m., counter punch; upper die,
or punch.
contre-pointe, f., (sm. a.) back edge of a sword,
near the point; (fenc.) saber or broadsword
fencing or exercise; (mach.) back-center, dead
center, center, center-support, spindle on fixed
poppet of a lathe.
contre-porte, f., double door, folding door; (fort.)
second gate (as, in a passage).
contre-poupSe, f., (mach.) foot stock, foot-stock
center.
contre-pression, f., (steam, etc.) back pressure,
counter pressure.
contre-puits, m., (mil. win.) defensive mine
or shaft, prepared in advance, and intended
to annoy enemy without destroying the galleries
of the defense;
camouflet- camouflet , prepared by boring
from a gallery (defense).
contre-queue, f., d'hironde, (fort.) work
whose branches splay inward, counter swallowtail
work.
contre-quille, f>, (nav.) keelson.
contre-raid, m., (mil.) counter-raid.
contre-rail, m., (r. r.) guard-rail, safety-rail,
check-rail.
centre-riposte, f., (fenc.) counter-thrust.
contre-rivure, f., burr, rivet-plate.
contre-ronde, f., (mil.) check-rounds.
contre-sabord; m., (art. nav., etc.) port-lid.
contre-salut, m., (mil.) return salute.
contre-sanglon, m., (harn.) strap, fixed at
one end and free at the other, pierced for
the tongue of the buckle; girth strap: any
small strap buckling or lying over a larger
one, or serving to join adjacent parts of harness.
contrescarpe, f., (fort.) counterscarp;
a voutes en decharge, counterscarp with relieving
arches.
contrescarper, v. a., (fort.) to counterscarp.
contre-scel, m., counterseal.
contre-sceller, v. a., to counterseal.
contre-seing, m., counter signature.
contre-sens, m. , wrong side or way.
contre-signal, m., (mil.) any cautionary signal,
e.g.,thecontre-mot,q,v.
contresigne, f., (mil.) countersign.
contre-signer, v. a., to countersign.
contre-sortie, f., (mil.) counter-sortie, attack
directed against a sortie.
contre-taille , f . crosscut .
,
contre-tailler, v. a., to crosscut.
eontre-temps, m., accident, disappointment
(hipp.) the second expiration or "lift" of
broken-winded horse; (man.) sudden and
unexpected passage from action to inaction.
eontre-tenir, v. a., to hold up a rivet.
contre-tige, f., (art.) the central counter rod of the
Canet system.
contre-timbrage, m., counter stamping.
contre-timbre, m., counter stamp.
contre-timbrer, v. a. to counter , stamp.
contre-tirage, m., back-draught, reverse
draught.
contre-tirer, v. a., to counter prove;
un plan, to make a tracing of a contrevent, m., outside shutter; straining
piece, brace; (met.) blast plate
plan.
contre-torpilleur, m., (nav.) torpedo-catcher.
contre-tranchee, f., (fort., siege) counter
trench.
contreval, h , downstream, down the
of a firing
forge.
contreventement, m., (cons.) lateral bracing
(of a roof or of a bridge truss); windbracing;
piece de , wind-bracing; brace.
contreventer, v. a., (cons.) to brace laterally (as a
truss).
contre-verrou, m., (art., etc.) bolt-stop; any
device controlling or affecting the motions or
functions of a bolt.
contre-vis, f., differential screw.
contre-visite, f., second inspection, counter inspection,
check inspection.
contre-visiter, v. a., to make a counter or check
inspection.
contrevolte, f., (cat;.) countervolt.
contrevolter, v. n., (cav.) to countervolt, to make
a countervolt.
contribuer, y. a., to contribute, to be laid under
contribution.
contribution, f., contribution, tax;
en argent, (mil.) money contribution;
directe, (adm.) direct tax; ^
de guerre, (mil.) contribution of war;
indirecte, (adm.) indirect tax;
tncttre & , (mil.) to lay under contribution;
en nature, contribution in kind.
contrOle, m., register, list; check, as on a result;
stamp; verification, inspection (as of
sm. a. during manufacture); mark, official
mark (as on sm. a. after inspection); (mil.)
muster roll, roll, roster; (adm.) inspection
or surveillance of administrative transactions,
(hence, Fr. a.) le controle, i. e., functionaries
or officers, in general, whose duty
it is to watch over and inspect the administration
or the gestion;
de I'administration de I'armee, (Fr. a.)
special branch of the war department, safeguarding
the interests of the treasury on
the one hand and of individuals on the
other; verifies for the whole service the
observance of ministerial orders, decrees,
etc.;
annuel, (Fr. a.) muster roll of officers, men,
and horses belonging to each administrative
unit, made out each year, or is kept up during
the year;
central, (Fr. a.) the contrdle exercised by
the bureaus of the central administration
of the war department, by inspectors-general,
and by the personnel of the corps du
controle;
corps du de I'administration de I'armee,
(Fr. a.) the personnel of the contrdle serv-
'exterieur, (Fr. adm.) the controle exercised
by the courts and by parliament;
general des armes, (Fr. a.) register of all
the arms in the hands of a body of troops;
local, (Fr. a.) the care, surveillance, etc.,
exercised constantly, and on the spot, by
the directors of the various services (e. g.,
artillery, engineers, etc.) over their respective
personnels, and by the functionaries of
the intendance, in a regiment or other troop
unit;
nomimtif, (mil.) list of names, roster by
name;
des personnes mises & la retraite, (mil.) retired
list;
porter sur les s,(mil.) to put on the rolls;
- & posteriori, (Fr. a.) a general expression
for the s local, central, and exterieur;
rayer des s, (mil.) to strike off the rolls;
de service, (mil.) duty roster, roster;
de tir, (art. and t. p.) target-practice reports.
contrdlement, m., (Fr. a.) subjection of responsible
officers to the contrdle.
controler, v. a., to check; to verify, inspect, compare;
(Fr. a.) to exercise the duties of the
contrdle;
le pointage,
gun.
(art.) to verify the aim of a
contrevallation, f., (siege) countervallation
(obs.).
contrevaller, v. a., (siege) to construct a countervallation.
contre-vapeur, f., (steam) returning, back, steam;
steam cushion;
donner , to interpose a steam cushion; to use
back steam.
contrevenant, m., offender.
eontrevenir, v. a., to infringe, violate,
break.