A French-English Military Dictionary - Sturmpanzer.com

dbouchage 119 dechapper
debouchage, m., (art.) cutting or setting
operation) of a fuse;
de V event, (art.) cutting or setting
(and
of a
fuse.
debouch?, m., debouch; outlet, issue (of a
postern, defile, pass, etc.), narrow pass,
opening; (mil.) exit, issue (from a wood,
position, etc.); point of arrival of a column;
entrance of troops on battlefield; appearance
of the head of a column during a
march; (siege) breaking out of a sap (from a
trench);
d'un pont, waterway of a bridge;
de sape, (siege) breaking out of a sap (from a
trench).
debouchement, m., outlet, issue, opening.
deboucher, v. a. n., to unstop, uncork; (of
a river) to run into, empty itself into; to
clear away obstacles, inequalities; to make
or cut or punch noles (as rivet holes);
(elec.) to unplug (as in a resistance box);
(mil.) to debouch, issue (from a defile,
wood, position, etc.); to enter or appear
upon the battlefield (of troops); to arrive,
appear, at a given point (of columns on
the march); (art.) to punch or set a fuse;
(siege) to break out (a sap, parallel, from
a trench); (mil. ram.) to break out from a
gallery;
I'event, (art.) to punch, set, a fuse;
faire une sape, (siege) to break out a
sap;
d'une tranchee, (siege) to break from the
trench.
debouchoir, m., '(art.) fuse-punch;
pince v. s. v. , pince;
& vrille, fuse gimlet.
debouchure, f., mouth of a river; burr; part
punched out of a rivet hole.
dCboucler, v. a., to unbuckle; (hipp.) to unring (a
mare);
un prisonnier, to unshackle a prisoner.
dCbourbage, m., removal of mud.
debourber, v. a., to unmire a carriage, pull it
out of the mud; to clean (a pond, cistern,
etc.).
debourrage, m., (hipp.) first debroussalllement, m., clearing away of underbrush,
bushes (as, from the front of a position).
debroussailler, v. a., to clear away underbrush,
etc. (as, from the front of a position).
debrutir, v. a., to clear off the rough, to rough
polish.
debusquement, m., (mil.) dislodgment, expulsion
(v. debusquer).
dGbusquer, v. a. n., (mil.) to drive out, dislodge
(generally by means of a surprise, from under
cover, etc.); to come out (as, from cover,
etc.).
decade, f., (Fr. art.) set of 10 readings with the
Goulier telometre.
training or breaking-in
of a horse; (mil.) dressing of recruits
into shape; (mach.) act of clearing
a tool of turnings, etc.; (mil. min., etc.) untamping.
debourrer, v. a., (hipp.) to begin to break (a
horse); (mil.) to get recruits into shape; (mach.)
to clear a tool of turnings, etc.; (mil. min., etc.)
to untamp.
debours, m., money advanced on another's account
(rare).
deboursfi, m., v. debours.
debout, adv., upright, erect, end on, ahead;
straight toward (as, a sap from foot to
crest of glacis); (mil.) command to rise, at
drill, etc.;
au corps, end on;
les avirons, up oars;
mer head , sea;
tracer , (siege) to trace straight toward (as a
sap from foot to crest of glacis);
vent head , wind;
au vent, head to wind.
debraser, v. a., to unsolder.
debrayage, m., (mach.) disengaging, uncoupling,
throwing out of gear; disengaging gear,
release, clutch for throwing out of gear.
debrayer, v. a., (mach.) to disconnect, uncouple,
throw out of gear, release, ungear.
dCbrgler, v. a., (cord.) to unlash.
debridement, m., (harn.) unbridling, removal
of bridle.
debrider, v. a., (harn.) to unbridle; (hence) to
halt;
sans without , interruption.
debridonner, v. a., (harn.) to take off the bridoon.
debris, m., fragments; wreck (of an army, etc.);
remains; rubbish.
debrouiller, v. a., to make out, discern;
se to , get out of a difficulty, to know how
to take the initiative.
decagramme, m., decagram, 10 grams.
d&alage, m., unscotching (of a wheel); (mach.,
etc.) unwedging, unkeying.
deculer, v. a., to unscotch a wheel; (mach., etc.)
to remove a wedge, a key.
decalibremeiit, m., (art.) modification of the caliber
of a gun: 1, by accident; 2, by transformation
of bore (conversion).
decalitre, m., decaliter, 10 liters.
decalquage, m., re-tracing, operation of tracing
from a tracing.
decalque, m., counter-tracing (tracing from a
tracing); counter-drawing, re-tracing.
decalque, m. , counter-traced drawing, re-tracing.
decalquer, v. a., to 1
counterdraw, to trace from a
tracing, (in lithography) to transfer.
decametre, m., decameter, 10 meters; (inst.) IOmeter
measuring tape;
en ressort d'acier, 10-meter steel tape;
& ruban d'acier, 10-meter steel tape.
decampement, m., (mil.) breaking camp; (fig.)
making off in haste.
decamper, v. a. n., (mil.) to break or strike camp;
(fig.) to decamp, march off precipitately.
decanter, v. a., to decant.
decapage, m., scouring, cleaning; (met.) pickling,
dipping, (elec.) cleaning of electrical connections.
decapeler, v. a., (cord.) to unrig a masthead.
decaper, v. a., to clean, scour (as metal); (met.)
to pickle, dip; (elec.) to clean electrical connections;
une fusee, (art.) to uncap a fuse;
le sol, to scrape, level, the surface of the
ground (as, for a tent).
decarbonisation, f., (met.) decarbonization, decarburation.
decarboniser, v. a., (met.) decarbonize, decarburate.
decarburation, f., (met.) decarburation.
decarburer, v. a., (met.) to decarburize, decarbonize.
decarburisation, f., (met.) decarburation, decarbonization.
decatir, v. a., to shrink, to sponge (cloth).
decatissage, m., shrinking, sponging (of cloth).
decentrage, m., (mach., etc.) state of being out of
true, out of center; operation of putting out
of center; (art.) boring a gun on an axis different
from that of the exterior surface.
decentralisation, f.. (adm.) decentralization (as,
of accounts, purchases, etc.).
decentraliser, v. a., (adm.) to decentralize (accounts,
auditing, etc.).
decentration, f., (mach., etc.) act or operation of
putting centers, axes, foci, etc., out of true.
decentrer, v. a., (mach., etc.) to put out of true
(centers, axes, etc.).
deces, m., death, decease.
dechalnement, m., unchaining.
dechalner, v. a., to unchain.
dechalement, m., retiring of the tide, leaving
banks, etc., visible.
dechaler, v. a., to leave a vessel high and dry.
dechaperonner, v. a., to remove the coping from
a wall.
dechapper, v. a., (fond.) to take a model out of
the mold.