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cordage en queue de rat, pointed rope;
refait, twice-laid rope;
de sauvetage, (mil. min.) life-saving rope;
simple, hawser-laid rope;
de trait, (harn.) trace-rope;
en trois, hawser-laid rope;
trop tordu, rope laid up too hard;
de voice, ( F. m. art.) chase-rope.
corde, f., cord, twine, string; rope, band; belt;
(art., artif.) choker, choking-line; (mil.) drum-
.
cord; tent rope;
it la , (art., caw.) tied up to a picket line or
rope, on the picket line;
ajuster ensemble deux s, to bend two ropes
together;
amarrer une to , belay a rope;
ft anneaux, (gym.) rings;
d'un arc, (cons.) span of an arch;
d'arriere , tow-rope;
'artificiee, (artif.) quick-match (obs.);
d'attache, (art., cav.) lariat, picket rope,
picketing rope;
d'avant, head rope;
h botillon, forage-cord;
bout de , rope's end;
d,, de, boyau, catgut;
brassiere, v. cordeau de surete;
de brelage, lashing-rope (for
wagons);
loads on
de campement, (Fr. cav.) improvised picketrope
(in a bivouac) ;
de charge, lash-rope (of a pack outfit);
& chevaux, (art., cav.) picket, picketing,
rope;
embarrassee, foul rope;
engagee, foul rope;
d'enrayage, (art.) brake-rope, lockingrope;
episser une h une autre, to splice a rope on
another;
equatoriale, equatorial rope (of a balloon);
to, feu, (artif.) fuse, slow match;
en fil d'acier (de fer), steel- (iron-) rope;
wire
de fils metalliques, wire rope;
filer une to ease , away a rope;
sans fin, endless rope, band, belt;
hfourrage, (mil.) forage cord;
genee, foul rope;
Idche, slack rope;
lisse, (gym.) climbing rope (without
knots);
mollir une
moucher une
to slack off a , rope;
, to cut off the fag-end of a
rope;
& nceuds, (gym.) knotted climbing rope;
ourdir une to , warp a rope;
d piano, crucible-steel wire;
poitrail, de poitrail, (mil.) breastrope
(embarkation of horses in railway cars);
de pont, (pont.) chord of a bridge;
de remorque, tow rope;
de retenue, guy rope;
signal, signal rope (as to a diver);
de timbre, drum cord (under drum);
de traction, (gym.) rope for a tug-of-war.
cordeau, m., line, tracing-line, chalk-line;
measuring-tape; (sm. a.) pull-through; (sm.
a.) brass wire for testing accuracy of gun barrels
(obs.);
au , by the string, (hence) straight (cf. our
familiar expression, ''straight as a string ");
d'alignement, (fort.) tracing-tape;
aligner au , tolay out by line;
d'amorce, (artif.) quick match;
Bickford, (artif.) Bickford fuse;
derive, (artif.) secondary or subsidiary fuse
spliced on to a main fuse;
detonant, (artif.) detonating fuse, (esp.) fuse
with melinite core;
exercice au , (mil.) drill with cord held by
men (in place of men), in the instruction of
cadres:
-lacet , lacing cord;
de mise de feu, (artif.) slow match (e. g.,
Bickford fuse);
de piquet, (mil.) tent-cord (i. e., guyrope);
cordeau de pointage, (art.) chalk-line; aiming cord
(s. b. - mortars);
porte-feu, (expl, mil. min.) instantaneous
fuse, quick match; - principal, (artif.) the fuse to which a -
derive is spliced, main fuse;
--roulette, (surv., etc.) sort of measuringtape;
- de surete, safety cord (with arm loops, for
use in swimming); - de tirage, tent-cord proper; - & tracer, (siege, fort., etc.) tracing-cord or
tape.
cordeler, v. a., (cord.) to twist, twine, into a
rope.
cordeliere, f., cord and tassels; latch; (unif.)
upper part of fringe of field officer's epaulets.
cordelette, f., small cord.
cordelle, f., warp, towline;
haler & la- , to tow.
corder, v. a., to cord, tie with a cord.
corderie, f., ropewalk.
cordite, f., (expl.) cordite.
cordon, m., string, twist; band; brow-band
of a nave, middle nave-hoop; hoop; row;
girdle; ribbon (of an order of knighthood);
milling, milled edge; (cord.) strand of a
rope (esp., hawser-laid, to form part of a
cable); (mil.) line, cordon, of troops; (art.)
rotating-band, centering-band; (fort.) coping,
coping-stone (of a scarp, etc.); line of
works, of forts, especially line of frontier
works; -- d'appui, .(art.) centering band;
- de clairon (trompette), trumpet cord;
-- de - contrescarpe, d'escarpe, (fort.) cordon
or coping;
-- -fourragere, (unif.) helmet cord (U. S. A.);
- de petards, (expl.) necklace of high-explosive
cartridges (as for felling trees); - de pastes, (mil.) chain of posts;
- de sac, (siege) rope-yarn, etc., for tying up
sand bags; - sanitaire, sanitary cordon, quarantine
line; - tire-feu, (art.) lanyard; - tire-feud, olives, (art.) slide-lanyard.
cordonner, v. a., (cord.) to twist into a rope.
cordonnet, m.,' (art.) choke-lashing of a cartridge
bag.
cordonnier, m., shoemaker.
corindon, m., corundum.
cormier, m., service tree and wood.
cornage, m., (hipp.) wheezing, roaring.
cornard, m., (Mpp.) roarer.
come, f., horn; hoof; stave of a wagon; (in pi.)
forked end, crotch jaw, of a lifting-jack; (unif.)
horn or prong of a cocked hat; (fort.) horn
(of a hornwor ork); (mus.) horn; (cord.) splicingnd;
(hipp.) hoof; cornet; (top.) sharp mountain
summit; - d'amorce, (mil., etc.) powderhorn, priming
horn (obs.); - de belier, (fort.) ram's horn, sort of tenaille;
- de cerf, hartshorn;
chapeaub,-s, (unif.) cocked hat;
donner un coup de -, (hipp.) to bleed a horse
with the cornet;
maladie de- horn , distemper;
ouvraged,-s, (fort.) hornwork; - de rancher, stud-stave;
taquetb-
, (cord.) belaying cleat.
cornemuse, f., (mus.) bagpipe.
corner, v. n., to sound, wind, a horn; (hipp.) to
roar.
cornet, m., trumpet, small horn or trumpet;
- de brume, fog horn; - dentaire externe, (hipp.) external dental
cavity;
-- dentaire interne, (hipp.) pulp cavity;
- & huile, small oil-can; - to, piston, (mus.) cornet-a-piston.
cornette, f., burgee, broad pennant; m., (cav.)
cornet; - de commandement, (nav.) senior officer's
pennant.
corneur, m., (hipp.) roarer.
comiche, f., cornice.