A French-English Military Dictionary - Sturmpanzer.com

coulisseau 106 coup
coulisseau, m., (art.) way-plank; (mach., etc.)
slide-block; slipper-block, motion-block, slipper-slide
block; guide-block; (sm. a.) handleguide;
du te, (steam) crosshead guide.
coulissement, m., (mach.) sliding motion,
coulomb, m., (elec.) coulomb.
couloir, m., (fort., etc.) passage; (art.) feed-guide,
hopper, feed-trough;
d'assainissement, (fort.) ventilation passage
or conduit of a powder magazine;
de chargement, (art.) feed-trough, feedhopper;
de circulation, (siege) communication along
rear of platforms;
de surveillance, (fort.) exterior corridor (Carnot
trace).
coup, m., blow, stroke, shock; (art., sm. a.) shot,
round; (surv.) sight through an instrument;
(mach., etc.) stroke; (fenc.) cut, thrust,
I. Artillery, small arms, etc.; II. Fencing
and related terms; III. Miscellaneous.
I. Artillery, small arms, etc.
accuser son , (t. p.) to " call " one's shot;
amorti, (art.,sm. a.) spent shot;
d'armeiifeu, shot;
d'arrosoir, (art.) the sheaf or spray of bullets,
etc., from a shrapnel; (inf.) the sheaf of bullets
produced by a volley;
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d'assurance, (nav.) gun fired by a ship under
her true colors;
d'audace, bold stroke;
de baguette, (mil.) drum tap;
& balles, (sm. a.) round or shot fired with ball
cartridge;
-bas, (art.) a shrapnel bursting at a height
lower than the type height;
tres bas, (art.) shrapnel that bursts below the
target;
a blanc, shot fired with blank cartridge;
de blanc, (t. p.) bull's-eye;
bleu, (art., sm. a.) miss;
de bricole, (art.) shot intended to rebound
laterally and strike after the graze (obs.);
au but, (art., sm. a.) hit;
de canon, (art.) cannon ,shot (wound, report,
round);
de canon de detresse, distress gun;
de canon de diane, (mil.) morning gun, reveille
gun;
de canon dl'eau, (art.) water-line hit, hit between
wind and water;
de canon & fleur d'eau, (art.) v. de canon
& I'eau.
de canon pour indiquer le midi moyen, time
gun, noon gun;
de canon dans I'ceuvre vive, (art.) shot below
water line of a ship;
de canon en plein bois, (art.) shot into the
broadside;
de canon ft poudre, (art.) blank round;
de canon & projectile, (art.) shot or round with
projectile;
de canon de rejouissance, salute gun;
de canon de retraite, (mil.) evening gun;
de canon de. signal, (mil.) signal gun;
s de canon & une minute d'mtervalle, minute
guns;
en chasse, (nav.) bow shot;
pour , (art.) shot for shot, of a salute;
court, (art.) short, shot that falls short, the
" short '' in ranging;
de crosse, (sm. a.) kick;
de diane, (mil.) morning gun, reveille
gun;
en direction, (sm. a., art.) line shot;
de doigt, (sm. a.) involuntary pull of the
trigger, by a sudden jerk of the ringer; jerk of
finger on trigger;
d'echarpe, (art.) shot fired in direction
making a small angle, as with interior crest,
etc.;
d'embrasure, (art.) embrasure hit;
d' enfilade, (art.) enfilading shot;
d'enfoncement, (art.) shot to set spade, in
guns fitted with trail or axle spades;
coup d'epaule, (sm. a.) jerk or drawing back of
shoulder through fear of recoil;
d'cperon, (nav.) blow with a ship's ram,
ram, ramming blow;
d'epreuve, (art., etc.) proof shot;
d'essai, (art., etc.) proof shot;
faire un beau , to make a fine shot;
faire le de feu, (mil.) to exchange shots; to
fight as a private (said of an officer);
faire le de fusil, (mil.) v. faire le defeu;
faire le de pistolet, (cav.) to exchange
shots;
faire le de sabre, to exchange blows; to fight
with the saber;
fairepartir un , to fire a shot;
fait, (art.) round of fixed ammunition
(obs.);
sans ferir, (mil.) without firing a shot, without
striking a blow;
de feu, (art., sm. a.) shot; shot wound;
report;
fichant, (art.) plunging shot (angle of fall
greater than 4);
de flambage, (art.) scaling or warming
shot;
defond, shot that tells;
-fusant, (art.) time-fuse round or shot;
de fusil, (sm. a.) rifle shot, bullet wound,
report of a rifle;
de fusil de pavilion, shot at colors;
haut, (art.) shrapnel, etc., bursting at a
height greater than the type height;
tres haut, shrapnel, etc., bursting at a height
more than twice the type height;
& hauteur, (art.) shrapnel, etc., that bursts at
the type height;
heureux, (art., etc.) lucky shot or hit;
isole, (art., etc.) single shot;
de langue, (mil. mus.) short note or blast on
a bugle or trumpet, "toot;"
long, (art.,sm. a.) hang fire; "over;" in ranging,
the over or long shot;
de main, (mil.) sudden attack, surprise, bold
stroke;
manque, (art., sm. a.) miss;
ft mitraille, (art.) generic term for shrapnel,
canister, shot;
d'ozil militaire, (mil.) the ability to take in
the military situation at a glance;
de parlance, (nav.) sailing gun;
de pavilion, (nav.) morning (evening)
gun;
perdu, (art., etc.) random shot, unaimed
shot;
de pistolet, (sm. a.) pistol-shot, -wound,
-report;
de plein fouet, (art.) round fired with full
service charge in direct fire; (t. p.) direct hit
(notarichochet);
plongeant, (art.) plunging shot;
pointe, (art., sm. a.) aimed shot;
rasant, (art.) shot whose direction is parallel,
or nearly so, to ground, at point considered;
rate, (art., sm. a.) miss-fire;
de reglage, (art., sm. a.) sighting, ranging,
shot;
de rejouissance, (art.) salute gun or round;
de retraite, (mil.) evening gun, retreat
gun;
reussi, (art.) hit;
de revers, (art.) shot or hit in reverse;
de revolver, (sm. a.) revolver shot, report,
etc.;
de semonce, (nav.) bringing-to shot;
de sifflet, whistle, signal or call made with a
whistle;
de sonde, (nav.) cast with the lead;
tire en blanc, (art.) blank round;
tirer & perdu, to fire at random;
tirer un to fire a , shot;
touche, (art., sm. a.) hit;
& toute volee, (art.) random shot, shot fired
so as to give the greatest range possible;
de vigueur, (mil.) decisive blow, stroke,
action.