A French-English Military Dictionary - Sturmpanzer.com

dod6cagone 136 double-joint
dodecagon e, m., dodecagon,
doigt, m., finger; (r. f. art.) cocking-toe (Hotch-
Idss47ram r. f.);
de mise defeu, (torp.) firing trigger of a (Canet)
torpedo tube;
de mise en marche, v. de mise defeu.
doigte, m., (fenc.) fingering, momentary displacement
of the point by the action of the fingers.
doigter, m., (man.) pressure or touch of fingers on
the mouth through the reins.
doigtier, m., any mechanism operated by the
thumb or finger; (art.) thumb stall (obs.).
doler, v. a., to work, chip off, with an adze.
dolman, m., (unif.) dolman, jacket (really cavalry,
but also worn by field artillery, etc., in
the French army).
doloire, f., broadax.
dolomie, f., dolomite, f., dolomite.
domaine, m., domain; (adm.) public property,
state property;
de I'etat, state property, public property
(frequently synonymous with prive,
q. v.);
militaire, all forts and their dependencies,
and all buildings, grounds, etc., belonging to
the state and. used for military purposes;
prive, state property held by the state as a
private citizen holds property;
public, rivers, canals, roads, etc.;
rcntrer au , to cover into the treasury, to return
to the state.
domanial, a., belonging to the state.
domanialitii, f., quality of belonging to the state,
to the public domain.
dome, m., dome; cupola; (steam) steam dome;
(met.) reverberating roof;
de machine d vapeur, (steam) steam dome;
de prise de vapeur, (steam) steam dome of a
locomotive;
de vapeur, (steam) steam dome.
domicile, m., (law) domicile.
dominer, v. a., to dominate, keep in subjection;
(fort.) to command, overlook.
dommage, m., damage;
s-interets, indemnity due a person for damage
done him; damages.
dompter, v. a., to reduce, quell, master, keep
under; (man.) to break a horse.
dompteur, m., tamer, subduer;
de chevaux, (man.) horse breaker.
donjon, m., keep, donjon (obs.).
donn6e,f., datum.
donner, v. a. n., to give, to hit, strike; (mil.) to
be engaged, in action; to attack, charge, fight;
(inst.) to read to; (nav.) to make an entrance
into a port;
I'assaut, (mil.) to storm, to assault;
bataille, (mil.) to engage;
.au fat, (art., sm. a.) to hit the mark;
carriere d un cheval, (man.) to give a horse
full speed;
la chaude. (met.) to heat;
du zone, (mach., etc.) to taper;
un coup & une manoeuvre, (cord.) to haul on
a tackle, to give a pull to a tackle;
la direction, (art.) to lay a gun for direction;
faire , (mil.) to send in. to put (troops), into
the combat;
fond, (nav.) to cast anchor;
dfroid, (met.) to slacken the fire;
la hausse, (art.) to elevate; to give the ele-
vation;
du mou, (cord.) to slack a rope;
d passer, to set a boat (flying bridge) so that
the current will act on it;
la pression. to turn on, apply the pressure;
(steam) to put on steam;
la remorqued, to take in tow;
du rfsidu, (expl.) to produce fouling (as, in
a gun, etc.).
dormant, a., fixed, immovable; standing, dead;
(cord.) standing;
eau e, stagnent water;
dormant, faire , (cord.) to fix, clinch, fasten;
to be seized to;
mancKuvres es, (cord.) standing rigging, tackle;
pont , fixed bridge.
dormant, m., sleeper, post; transom, fan light
(of a door or window); (cord.) standing part
of a tackle, (in pi.) standing rigging;
de bretelles, (mil.) upper part of haversack
straps.
dos, m., back (in a great variety of relations);
(cau.) backplate of a cuirass; (top.) ridge;
d'ane, (fort., etc.) ridge formed by the intersection
of the glacis planes; (top.) shelving ridge,
saddle;
en d'ane, (of roads) crowned, barreled;
d, en, d'ane, saddte-backed;
avoir le sac au , (mil.) to be in the service, to
be a soldier;
de carpe, (Mpp.) hogged back;
creux, (hipp.) sway-back, saddle-back;
double, (hipp.) double back (backbone
countersunk);
droit, (hipp.) straight back;
enselle, v. creux;
faire le gros , (man.) to buck;
monterd , (man.) to ride bareback;
de mulct, (hipp.) slightly convex back; mule
back;
plonge, (hipp.) dipped back;
tranchant, (hipp.) sharp back; razorback.
dosable, a., (chem.) in proper, equivalent, proportions.
dosage, m., (chem., expl.) proportion of ingredients
in gunpowder, etc.; percentage composition;
action of weighing the ingredients;
elre au , (of a powder, explosive) to have ingredients
of the proper proportion, or according
to specification or requirements.
doser, v. a., (chem., expl.) to determine proportions
of ingredients, as in gunpowder; to use
ingredients in proper proportion.
dosse, f., slab (of a log).
dossier, m., back (of a seat, etc.,); headboard,
backboard bundle of ; papers relating to the
same subject; wrapper, office jacket (for papers
bearing on one subject).
dossiere, f., backdate of a (modern) cuirass;
(harn.) back or'ridge strap for supporting the
shafts.
dot, f., marriage portion.
dotation, f., endowment (esp., France, of a public
institution like the Invalides, the Lfgion
d'honneur); grant of money to a successful
general;
de I'armee, (Fr. a.) fund created for the
benefit of soldiers with the colors, and to increase
their pensions (ceased to exist in 1869).
douane, f., custom-house;
droits de ,frais de , customs dues.
douanier, m., custom-house inspector.
doublage, m., (nav.) sheathing;
en cuivre, copper sheathing;
en metal, metal sheathing.
double, a., double, duplicate;
detente, (sm. a.,) hair-trigger; double trigger;
d effet, (art.) double-acting, combination (of
a fuse).
double, m., duplicate, copy, counterpart; (cord.)
bight; (mil. slang) sergeant-major;
en , in duplicate;
de manoeuvre, (cord.) bight;
s de papier, thicknesses of paper.
double, a., (nav.) bottomed, lined, sheathed;
en cuivre. copper-bottomed.
double, m., (/ewe.) a feint, followed by a thrust
made in the same line as the feint.
double-contre, (fenc.),v. s. v. contre.
double-d6cim6tre, 20-centimeter rule for taking
distances, especially curved, from a map.
double-fond, m., (nav.) double bottom, double
casing.
double-joint, m., universal, double ball-andsocket
joint.