A French-English Military Dictionary - Sturmpanzer.com

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dWoxirner, v. a., to draw (a charge from a furnace,
a batch of bread from an oven, etc.).
dfifourrer, v. a., (cord.) to take the service off a
rope.
delrettage, m.. (art., etc.) unhooping, removal of
a hoop (as, from a gun).
dMretter, v. a., (art., etc.) to unhoop (as, a gun).
dSfrichage, m., clearing up of land.
defrichement, m., v. defrichage.
d6fricher, v. a., to clear up land,
debasement, m., disengagement, extrication
release, liberation; escape (of gas, steam, etc.);
recess; clearance, clearing; (mach.) education
clearance, angle of relief , clearance angle; (fenc.)
disengaging, disengagement, followed by a
straight thrust;
du champ de tir, (mil.) clearing the ground
in front of a position so as to have a clear field
of fire.
dfigager, v. a. r., to clear, disengage, free, extricate,
disentangle, loosen, relieve, separate; to escape
(as gas, steam, etc.); to give out (as heat, etc.);
(mil.) to clear the ground (before a position, a
work, etc.); (cord.) to clear (a fall, a tackle);
mach.) to uncouple, throw out of gear; (fenc.)
to disengage;
le champ de tir, (mil.) to clear the field of fire;
I'epee, (fenc.) to disengage;
un palan, (cord.) to clear away a fall;
- le pivot, (mil.) at drill, to gain ground on the
se , (mil.) to decline a proffered combat;
le terrain, v. le pivot;
une troupe, (mil.) to rescue . extricate , a body
of troops from a critical or difficult position,
detainer, v. a., to draw, unsheath (a sword, etc.).
dfigarnir, v. a., to strip, remove; to dismantle,
unrig; (mil.) tb remove troops (from the center,
the wings); (harn.) to unharness, to remove the
harness from a horse's back;
les avirons, to unship the oars;
un cabestan, to unrig a capstan;
une place, (mil.) to remove a part of its supplies,
of its garrison, from a fort;
se , (mil.) to grow thinner (of lines, ranks,
etc.).
dgat, m., damage, havoc, waste, dilapidation;
(mil.) damage to private property by troops;
commission des s, (mil.) board to appraise
damage done to private property by troops in
maneuvers.
dfigauchir, v. a., to dress roughly, to rough down
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(as, timber, stone) (degrossir is the usual word),
to smooth, straighten, polish, trim.
dggauchissement, m., smoothing, straightening,
rough dressing, trimming down.
dggel, m., thaw, thawing.
dfigeler, v. a. n., to thaw, to thaw out.
dfcgenoper, m., (cord.) to unseize, unlash (a temporary
seizing).
degonder, v. a., to unhinge.
dfigonflement, m., collapse, subsidence, reduction;
removal of gas from a balloon.
dfigonfler, v. a., to reduce (a swelling), cause to
subside, collapse, discharge the gas from a
balloon.
d(jgorgement, m., opening, cutting out; clearing
freeing from obstacles;
d'une embrasure, du parapet, (fort.)
cutting out an embrasure in the parapet.
dCgorgeoir, m., (art.) priming-wire; (fond.) venting-wire;
hfraise, (art.) reaming-wire;
& maillet, vent
punch;
ordinaire, priming-wire fitted with a wooden
handle;
& pointe, ordinary priming-wire;
rcpoussoir, (s. c. art.) special priming-wire
for seacoast guns;
- simple, priming-wire with the ordinary eye
or loop;
a taillant plat, vent-punch;
& vrille, vent-gimlet.
dfigorger, v. a., to clear; to open; to remove an
obstruction (as, from a pipe, etc.); (mach.)
to clear; (farr.) to shape out a horseshoe in the
rough; - une embrasure, (fort.) to open, pierce, cut
an embrasure; - une fusee, (art.) to bore a fuse;
- la lumiere, (art.) to prick the vent.
dggourdir, v. a., (mil.) to form a raw recruit into
a well set-up soldier.
degotit, m., loathing; (hipp.) state of being off his
feed;
avoir du- , (hipp.) to be off his feed.
degradation, f., injuring, injury; damage, wear
and tear; injury, damage (to small arms and
guns, due to use or to accident); degradation
(military punishment); - civique, (law) loss of civil rights as a punishment;
- militaire, (mil.) military degradation, ignominious
dismissal from the army;
- de teintes, (drawing) grading or shading of
tints.
dggrader, v. a., to degrade, disgrace; to suffer
injury, to undergo deterioration, to suffer
wear and tear, be worn, to be damaged (of
materials in general, of guns, ammunition,
etc.); to damage, dilapidate: (mil.) to dismiss
from the service with ignominy, after stripping
of all dignities and of grade; (drawing) to grade
(as tints, shades).
dfegrafer, v. a., to unhook, unclasp.
dfegraissage, m., cleaning, scouring; removal of
grease.
dggraissement, m., v. degraissage.
dfigraisser, v. a., to clean, to remove grease; (carp.)
to dress down, take the sharp edge off a corner,
an angle; to beard, trim, dress down.
dCgras, m., degras, wool-grease;
to free leather from oil, etc., used
in tanning.
dfigravoiement, dfigravolment, m., washing
away, undermining, laying bare (of running
water).
dfigravoyer, v. a., to undermine, lay bare, wash
away (of running water).
degrfi, m., degree; grade, gradation, pitch, extent;
step, stair (usually in plural); - de hausse, (ball.) degree of elevation.
dCgreage, m., (cord.) unrigging.
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dfigrfiement, m.. (nav.) loss of , .. .
rigging during an
engagement; (cord.) unrigging.
rfeer, v. a., (cord.) to unrig.
dfigrener, v. a., v. desengrcner.
dfigrossage, m., drawing down (of wire).
dggrosser, v. a., to draw (wire) down.
dfegrossir, v. a., to rough-hew, rough down, dress
down roughly (of materials); to reduce approximately
to shape, trim down;
-- le bois, to rough-plane wood, to jack it down;
outilb,-
, rough-shaping tool;
- une recrue, (mil.) to set up a recruit, to get
a recruit into shape.
dfigrossissage, m., rough dressing, rough shaping,
rough hewing, roughing down; act of giving its
approximate shape to anything.
d(jgrossisseur, m., (mach.) rough-dressing tool.
dSgrossisseur, a., reducing (in size, of lathes,
rollers; used also of process itself).
dSguerpir, v. n., to pack off, to hasten with extreme
rapidity (somewhat familiar as a military
word).
dehanchS, a., (hipp.) hipshot.
deliarnachement, m., unharnessing.
deharnacher, v. a., to unharness.
dfehocher, v. a., (fond.) to tap or strike the model
with a wooden mallet to detach or loosen it
from the mold.
dehors, adv., outside of; in., outside, exterior; m.
pi., (fort.) outworks (between the corps de place
and the covered way);
de- en-
, from outside to outside (in measurements,
etc.).
dfijecteur, m., - anti-calcaire, (steam) scaleejector.