A French-English Military Dictionary - Sturmpanzer.com

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dementir, v. a. r., to give way, bulge (building).
dmettre, v. a. r., to dislocate, put out of joint;
dismiss; turn out; resign; lay down.
demeure, f., lodging; residence;
&- , fast; fixed; rigidly attached to;
fixer &- , to secure permanently.
demeurer, v. n., to remain, last, stand, stay; to
live in.
demi-a-droite (-gauche), m., (of foot troops,
marching, or from a halt) right (left) oblique;
(art., cav.) right (left) half-wheel.
demi-appel, m., (Fr. cav.} signal for the execution
of an order previously given.
demi-arret, m., half-stop; - des doigts, (man.) slight check or stoppage
(of the horse, by the reins).
demi-bastion, m., (fort.) half-bastion.
demi-bataillon, m., (inf.) half-battalion, wing
(obs.).
demi-bateau, m., (pont.) sort of half-ponton boat,
used by the French engineers.
demi-batterie, f., (art.) half-battery (administrative
subdivision).
demi-bois, v. mi-bois.
demi-brigade, f., (mil.) Revolutionary name for
regiment.
demi-caponnidre, f., (fort.) half-caponier, single
caponier.
demi-capucine, f., (sm. a.) lower band.
demi-cercle, m., semicircle; (art.) semicircular
gauge; (inst.) half-circle; (fenc.) half-circle
parry;
- graduc, semicircular protractor.
demi-chantier, m.. (art.) half-block.
demi-chassis, m. , (fond.) half of a molding-box.
demi-cheminement, m., (surv.) a combination
of the method by polar coordinates and of
cheminement, q. v.
deml-clef, f., (cord.) half-hitch; - fi capeler, clove-hitch.
demi-colonne, f., (mil.) half-column.
demi-comble, m., (cons.) area or garret under
the roof of a.shed.
demi-compagnie, f., (inf.) half-company.
demi-cuirasse, f., (cav.) breastplate.
demi-cylindre,m., (art.) half roller.
demi-distance, f., (mil.) half-distance.
demi-crou, m., half-nut.
demi-equipage, m., ( Fr. pont.) half bridge train;
(Fr. art.) subdivision of the siege train, so
called.
demi-escadron, m., (cav.) the French equivalent
for troop (U. S.).
demi-essieu, m., half-axletree.
demi-etampe, f., (mocA.) half-die; one of the parts
of a die or swage in two parts.
demi-etape, f., (mil.) half a day's march.
demi-fer, m., (farr.) tip.
demi-ferme, f., (cons.) half-frame, half-truss (of
a roof).
demi-fiche, f., half the depth to which a pile is to
be driven into the earth.
demi-flasque, f., (art.) bracket of a block-trail carriage.
demi-fleche, f., (art.) middle rail, one of the two
parts of the under body prolongation of the
Jleche( French 80mm ).
demi-fourniture, (auxiliaire de campement), (Fr.
a.) bedding of straw, issued for lack of regular
bed outfit (appel des reservistes et territoriaux).
demi-fourreau, m., (art.) axle-plate (French
demi-fraise, a., half-countersunk.
demi-galerie, f., (mil. min.) low gallery, 1 meter
wide by 1.30-1.5 meters high.
demi-gargousse, (art.) half-cartridge (the full
charge being subdivided for convenience of
loading).
demi-gite, f., (art., siege) half-sleeper of a platform.
gun
demi-gorge, f., (fort.) demigorge.
demi-guStre, f., (unij.) half-legging, short legging.
demi-haut-fourneau, m., (met.) blast furnace
whose height is less than 7 or 8 meters.
deml-joue, f., (cord.) check of a block.
demi-lune, f., (mach.) eccentric catch; (fort.
demilune, ravelin;
double, ravelin with a redoubt;
simple, simple ravelin.
demi-lune tte, f., (mach.) collar (as, for a gun in a
boring bench).
deml-madrier, m., (pont.) half-chess; (art.) shift)
ing-plank.
demi-merlon, m., (fort.) half-merlon.
demi-moule, f., (fond.) half-mold.
deml-moyeu, m., half-nave (in the manufacture
of iron wheels).
demi-nceud, m., (cord.) overhand knot.
demi-parallele, f., (siege) demiparallel, short
parallel covering only a part of the work attacked,
and constructed in the zigzag zone,
after the second parallel.
demi-placed'armes,,f., (siege) v. demi-paramie.
demi-portge, f., (ball.) half-range.
demi-portiere, f., (pont.) raft of two pontons.
demi-ration , f .
, (mil. ) half-ration short allowance , ;
mettred , to put on allowance.
deml-redoute, f., (fort.) half-redoubt, sort of
lunette open in rear.
demi-regiment, m., ( Fr. car.) half-regiment (two
squadrons).
demi-revetement, m., (fort.) half-revetment,
scarp revetted up to the natural level of the
ground.
demi-rond, m., half round of a wagon body; half
round (stick, bar, etc.).
demi-sang, m., (hipp.) half-bred horse..
demi-section, f., ( Fr. inf.) half section (of a company).
deml-signalement, m., (Fr. a.) summary description
or descriptive list.
demi-solde, f., (mil.) half-pay (no longer an official
expression); officer on half-pay;
en on , half-pay.
dCmission, f., resignation; (mil.) resignation from
the service (of officers, and also of commissionnes)
;
donner sa to , resign from the service;
donner sa de, to resign an office or employment.
demissionnaire, m., (mil.) officer who has resigned;
officier , officer who has resigned.
demi-teinte, f., half-tint.
demi-tore, m., half-round.
demi-tour, m., (cord.) half-turn, elbow, kink;
(inf.) about face (from a halt), to the rear (if
marching); (art.) reverse (of a single carriage
team, section, mule), about (of a platoon, of a
cannoneer, driver, mounted) ; (cav.) about (individual),
(left, right) about (of a platoon);
& droite, (inf.) about face (from a halt), to the
rear (if marching); (cav.) an individual right
about, right about (of a platoon); (art.) right
about (of a canoneer, driver, mounted); (fenc.)
right rear volt (bayonet exercise);
d gauche, (art.) reverse (of a single carriage
team, section, mule); left about (of a
platoon,
of
a cannoneer, driver, mounted) ; (cav.) individual
about; left e.bout (of a platoon); (fenc.) left
rear volt (bayonet exercise);
individuel, (inf.) about face (from a halt),
to the rear (if marching); (car.) an individual
about; (art.) reverse (of a single team, carriage,
section, mule); about (of a cannoneer, driver,
mounted);
par section, (art.) left about (of a platoon);
sur les epaules, (man.) half-circle on the fora
hand;
sur les hanches, (man.) half-circle on the
rear hand.
(Demi-tour is frequently used alone, the
context indicating the nature of the movement.
It is also the name of the call for the movement. )
demi-volte, f., (man.) half-circle, followed by a
change of hands.
demi-voute, f ., half vault or arch.