A French-English Military Dictionary - Sturmpanzer.com

desimir 131 devancer
desunir, v. a., to disunite, disjoin, separate, divide;
(mil.) to break up the enemy.
detache, a., detached, loose; (fort.) detached; m.,
(mil.) officer or man detached from his regiment
or corps, person serving on a detachment.
dCtache-chaine, m., petard for breaking or unhooking
a chain.
detachement, m., (mil.) draft, detachment (in
France, for transportation purposes, must
have at least 6 men); ( Fr. a.) m a subdivided
regiment, any part not the portion principale
or centrale (q. y.); (mack.) disengagement;
de corvee, fatigue party.
detacher, v. a., to untie, unfasten, undo, take
off, unchain, unrivet, detach, take down, unbind;
(mil.) to detach, to draft;
&, (mil.) to detach to or with, detail to or
for;
une ruade, to kick, let fly with the heels
(horse).
detail, m., detail; ^mil.) all matters of detail relating
to administration and command; (top.)
filling-in work of a map, reduction and plotting
of details;
officier de , (Fr. a.) lieutenant assisting the
c. o. of a detachment of several companies,
in administration and in papers, when there
is no conse{l d'administration;
revue de , (mil.) inspection of men's knapsacks,
kits, etc.
detalinguer, v. a., (cord.) to unbend (an anchor
cable).
detaper, v. a., to open, remove a bung; (art.) to
take the tompion out of a gun.
detelage, m. ? (harn.) unharnessing, unhitching.
deteler, v. a., (harn.) to unharness, to unhitch.
detendeur, m., (steam) regulator, pressure regulator
(Belleville boiler).
detendre, v. a., to unbend, slacken, loosen; to
relax (a spring); (sm. a.) to pull the trigger;
(steam) to expand, to cut off, to allow to expand;
un camp, une tente, to strike a camp,
a tent.
detenir, v. a., to hold, detain; to keep in custody;
to have legal custody of.
dfitente, f., detent, tension of a spring; expansion
of a gas; (sm. a.) trigger; (r.f. art.) firing mechanism,
firing gear (all parts); (steam) expansion;
cut-off; expansion valve (and gear); cut-off
mechanism;
ft anneau, (sm. a.) sort of annular trigger in
magazine pistols;
appareil de , (steam) expansion gear, cut off;
came de , (sm. a.) cylinder cam;
corps de , (sm. a.) body of the trigger as distinguished
from the finger-piece;
de depart, (sm. a.) in a double trigger, the
one that determines the discharge of the piece;
double, (sm. a.) double trigger;
double , (sm. a.) hair-trigger;
& double bossette, (sm. a.) double-pull trigger;
douce, (sm. a.) light trigger, trigger of easy
pull;
dur ft la , (sm. a.) hard on the trigger;
echelonnement de la , (steam) compounding;
gdchette, (sm. a.) trigger and sear in one;
fausse , (sm. a.) false trigger;
lacker la , (sm. a.) to let go the trigger;
machine & , (steam) expansion engine;
des membres, (man.) stretching out, stepping
out;
piece de , (sm. a.) trigger plate, guard plate
and trigger; (steam) cut-off valve, cut-off
plate;
de preparation, (sm. a.) in the double,
that which almost disengages the sear;
prcparer la , (sm. c.) to pull the de preparation;
sous-garde de la , (sm. a.) trigger plate and
guard;
de surete, (r.f. art.) safety sear.
detenteur, m., (law.) legal custodian of anything.
detention, f., detention, confinement, imprisonment,
keeping in custody; (mil. law) confinement
to a fortress for not fewer than five
nor more than twenty years;
preventive, (mil.) confinement before trial.
detenu, m., (mil.) officer or man in confinement;
prisoner; prisoner in a fortress;
par mesure disciplinaire, prisoner suffering
a disciplinary confinement;
par mesure preventive, prisoner held for
trial by a court-martial.
deterioration, f., deterioration; wear and tear;
par arrachement, tear;
par Vusure, wear.
detriorer, v. a. r., to become defaced; to deteriorate,
debase, deface.
detirer, v. a., to draw out, stretch.
detiser, v. a., to rake out a fire; calm, quell, still.
detoner, v. n., (expl.) to detonate, explode.
detonant, m.,
plosive.
(expl.) detonating substance, ex-
detonateur, m., (art., expl, mil. min.) detonator;
(art.) dry gun-cotton priming of a torpedoshell;
the fuse complete of a torpedo-shell, of
certain high-explosive shells;
b, double effet, (art.) double-action detonator
fuse;
retarde, (art.) delay-action detonator (torpedo-shell).
detonation, f., detonation, report; (expl.) detonation;
& , detonating;
par influence, (expl.) sympathetic detonation,
detonation by influence.
detordre, v. a., (cord.) to untwist, unlay.
detors, a., untwisted, unlaid.
detortiller, v. a., to untwist, unravel.
detouper, v. a., to unstop, uncork; take out tow
or stuffing.
detour, m., winding, turn, detour, circuit; fold,
recess.
detournement, m., embezzlement; (mil.) making
way with, disposing of, arms, accouterments,
articles -of equipment, etc.
detourner, v. a., to turn, turn aside; (mil.) make
way with, dispose of, arms, equipment, etc.
detraque, a., (man.) broken-gaited;
allure e, broken gait.
detraquer, v. a., (man.) to break up, ruin, a
horse's gaits;
se to lose his goodness of gait, his paces (of
ahorse).
detrempe, a., diluted, soaking, soaked through;
terrain , ground soaking wet, soaked through.
detremper, v. a., to dilute, to soak, weaken;
(met.) to anneal, take out the temper;
de la chaux, to slake lime.
detresse, f., distress;
en , jammed, stuck (as, a shell-hoist);
canon de , (nav.) distress gun;
signal de , (nav.) signal of distress.
detroit, m., strait, narrow sound; (top.) defile,
pass; (hipp.) communication between pelvis
and abdomen.
detruire, v. a., to destroy, raze, break up.
deuil, m., mourning;
defamille, private mourning;
militaire, official mourning.
deux, a., two;
donner des , (man.) to clap spurs to a horse;
entre , interval, space between;
piquer des , v. donner des .
deux-ponts, m., (vav.) two-decker.
devancement, m., d'appel, ( Fr. a., etc.) entry
into service before the legal date fixed for such
entry (navy and colonial troops usually, and
in a few other cases).
devancer, v. a., to get the start of, outstrip, precede;