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formation 187 fort
formation, f., formation, forming, organization;
(mil.) formation, organization; training; ( Fr. a,
med.) medical unit (o. g., depdt de convalescents,
hdpital d'evacuation); - d'attaque, (any) attack formation;
-- d'attente, any formation preliminary to a
maneuver or operation; - en bataille, (art.., cay.) formation in line;
- par bataillons en masse, (inf.) line of battle
with battalions in column of divisions, and
deploying intervals, etc. (30 paces);
- en 'batterie, (art.) formation in battery;
- des cadres, instruction of subaltern grades,
with special reference to training them to act
as drillmasters for recruits;
- en colonne, formation in column;
- en colonne par piece (section), (art.) formation
in column of pieces (sections, i. e., platoons,
U. S. Art.); - de combat, combat formation ;
- combince, a generic term for formations in
echelon, for formations involving the use of
offensive and defensive flanks, etc.;
- constitutive, the organic constitution of a
troop unit ; - de defile, march -past, review, formation;
- deployee, any deployed formation;
- derivee, derived formation (e. g., double
column ) ; - doublee, (inf.) formation in which two ranks
(either double or single) take the place of one
(either double or single) when forming for a
march by the flank; - echelonnee, formation in or by echelon;
- eventuelle, formation not carried out at
once, as a single maneuver, but involving
a stay or delay between the first and last
of it; - par file, formation by file; - par le flanc, formation by the flank;
- ffroupee, dense formation, troops in mass;
- en ligne, formation in line; - en ligne de colonnes, formation in line of
columns; - en ligne deployee, (inf.) formation in line
(company, battalion, regiment);
- de manoeuvre, drill formation ;
- de marche, march or route formation;
- en marche, march formation; - en masse, formation in mass;
-- normale, (so-called) normal formation (e. g.,
line of columns, mass, etc.);
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- au pare, v.-de rassemblement;
passage, passer, d'une - & une autre, v. s. w.
passage^ passer; - ployee, any ployed formation;
- de position d'attente, v.d'attente;
- preparatoire de combat, (art.) the formation
taken by a battery on approaching the emplacement
whence it is to open fire, consisting
of the separation of the batterie de tir, q. v., or
of the group of such -batteries, from the echelon,
q. v., or group of echelons;
-- de rassemblement, assembling, close, formation,
e. g., of troops assembling from march
formation preparatory to passage to combat
formation; (Fr. art.) a synonym for the formation
of a park (- avec materiel) -.the assembling
of the teams and detachments preparatory
to hitching up the guns and wagons (sans
materiel); - de rendez-tous, an assembling formation by
which a c. o. gets his troops well together and
in hand in a designated place before undertaking
definite operations against a specific
objective; - de revue, formation for inspection;
- de route, route formation, road formation;
- sanitaire, (Fr. a. mcd.) any administrative
unit of the medical service; - tactique, tactical formation; any formation
relating to a definite tactical object; any formation
enabling a troop unit to make the best
possible disposition of its means of offense and
of defense; - d'un train (r. r.) making up a train.
forme, f., form, shape, figure, make; shoemaker's
last; mold, frame; seat; layer of sand for paving
stones; block; (siege) stage (in trench work);
(hip (h p.) ring bone; bone spavin; (nav.) dry
dock;
forme, de , of proper, suitable, form; of a
special shape (of tools);
flottante, (nav.) floating dock;
de radoub, (nav.) graving dock;
sape sans s, (siege) sap driven at full size
(without subsequent enlargement);
stclie, (nav.) dry dock;
tourmentee, irregular, twisted form.
former, v. a. r., to form, frame, make, shape,
mold, fashion, cut out, compose, plan, train,
season; (mil.) to set up, drill, and instruct
soldiers or sailors and to give them the military
spirit; (mil.) to form up;
le cane, (mil.) to form square;
lesfaisceaui, (mil.) to make stacks;
la haie, (mil.) to form troops one rank on
each side of the street, or of a cortege;
un siege, (siege) to begin a siege, to begin to
open the trenches;
une troupe, (mil.) to draw up a body of
troops in a definite formation.
formulaire, m., (med.) pharmacopoeia.
formuie, f.. formula; form, model (as, for proceedings);
(med.) prescription;
d'equarnssage, in strength of materials,
a formula showing relation between the
exterior forces, factor of safety, and the dimensions
(unknown) of the section considered;
d'elasticite, d'equilibre, Hooke's law.
fort,, a., strong; thick; considerable; skillful; high
(of the wind); heavy (of the sea, rain); (mil.)
strong (with reference to numbers)^ numbering;
able to resist; strong (of a position), fortified
(of a city, position);
bow , thick wood;
colle e, glue;
de (25,000 hommes), (25,000) strong;
place e, (fort.) stronghold; fortress, fortified
position;
de poids, overweighted, overloaded;
terre e, heavy ground;
ville e, fortified city.
fort, m., strongest, thickest, or principal part;
main point; midst; heart; depth; brunt, center,
middle, etc.; skill; strength; (fort.) fort (contains
no civilian population), esp. detached
fort; redoubt; blockhouse; (mil.) thick (of a
fight); (sm. a.) part of the sword blade near
the hilt (clfaible).
(Except where otherwise indicated, the following
words relate to fortifications:)
d'arret, stop fort; barrier fort (English
name);
d'attaque, fort lying in an attack, hence one
that is attacked;
au de, (in gen.) in the thick of;
bastionne, bastioned fort;
& batterie basse, fort with battery near the
ground;
& batterie haute, fort with elevated battery,
as in a cavalier, etc.;
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