A French-English Military Dictionary - Sturmpanzer.com

gigots 205 godet
gigots, m., pi., (hipp.) hind legs of a horse.
gigotte, a., (hipp.) having strong thighs.
gigue, f., de crosse, (sm. a.) swell on a gun
stock;
monter en , (sm. a.) to put or leave a swell on
a gun stock.
gilet, m., waistcoat, undershirt;
d'armes, (fenc.) fencing jacket;
donner un & quelqu'un, (fenc.) to outfence
one's opponent, to touch him very frequently;
de fer, (mil, slang) cuirassier.
ginguet, m., pawl, (as of a capstan, etc.).
girande, f., (artif.) girande, bouquet; any firework
turning upon a wheel; girandole chest; collection
of rockets placed in a chest in rows, smallest
in front and largest in rear.
girandole, f., (artif.) girandole, any firework turning
upon a wheel; wheel whose circumference
is studded with rockets; any firework which
revolves horizontally upon its center.
giratoire, a., gyratory;
faculte , (nav.) turning power (of a ship).
girel, m., windlass, capstan (a Mediterranean
term).
giron, m., handle of an oar; movable handle (as
of a crank); (cons.) tread of a step; (mach.)
distance between the bearings of a crank;
droit, (cons.) tread of a straight staircase;
triangulaire, (cons.) tread of a winding staircase.
gironng, a., winding;
marche e, (cons.) step of a winding stair.
girouette, f., vane, wind vane, weathercock;
fer de , vane spindle.
gisement, m., bed (e. g., of clay); (nav.) bearing.
glte, m., lodging; vein, seam, bed, deposit (of ore,
coal, etc.); (cons.) floor sleeper; (art.) sleeper,
sill, of a gun platform; (mil.) halting place
(esp. at the end of a march, of a day's march);
de calage (art.) rear sleeper, cross sleeper, of
a siege platform;
cintree, (art.) curved sleeper (of a gun platform);
d'etapes, v. s. v. etape;
lambourde v. s. v. lambourde;
principal d'etapes, v. s. v. etape.
glter, v. n., to lodge, sleep.
givre, m., rime, hoar frost.
glace, f., ice; plate glass; (mach.) slide-valve facing,
slide-valve seat;
bane de field of , ice;
de cylindre, (mach.) cylinder face;
en derive, floating ice; iceberg;
montagne de , iceberg;
nappe de sheet , of ice;
objectif, (opt.) object glass;
patin ti,
, (art.) runner.
glacer, v. a., to freeze; to glaze.
glacerie, f., manufacture of ice.
glacier, m., glacier.
glacis, m., slope; (fort.) glacis;
battu tout juste, (fort. ) glacis so constructed
that the plane of the superior slope passes not
more than 0.50 above its crest nor more than
lm over its foot;
en contre-pente, (fort.) countersloping glacis;
coup6, (fort.) limited glacis, swept by brisures
in the interior crest of the main work;
cuirasse, (fort.) armored glacis (in Griison
system and others involving use of metals);
masque, (fort.) glacis mask;
de pied de cheval, (hipp.) exterior surface of
the hoof;
simple, (fort.) single glacis;
idle- , (fort.) glacis plate.
glacon, m., cake of ice, ice floe, icicle,
glais, m., v. glas.
glaise, f., loam; clay, potter's clay;
terre , clay.
glaiseux, a., clayey, marly;
terrain , stiff, clayey, ground.
glaive, m., sword (poetical);
puissance du , power of life and death.
gland, m., acorn; tassel.
glande, f., gland; (hipp.) tumefaction of the ganglions;
avoir une dans I'auge, (hipp.) to have tumefied,
adherent, ganglions.
glande, a., (hipp.) having tumefied, adherent,
ganglions; glandered.
glas, m., passing bell; (mil.) salvos of artillery
fired at the funeral of a sovereign or of a general
of very high rank.
glfcne, f., (cord.) coil of rope;
de cordage, coil of rope;
filer sa , to drop the coil from one's hands;
en galette, flat coil, Flemish coil;
plate, flat coil, Flemish coil;
plate en S, French coil;
glener, v., a., (cord.) to coil a rope, to take a few
bights in the hand.
glette, f., litharge.
glissade, f., slip, slide, slipping, sliding.
glissant, a., slippery, sliding;
regie e, sliding rule.
glissement, m., sliding, slipping; (mach.) creeping
(of a belt).
glisser, v. n., to slide, to slip, glide; (mach.) to
slide; (of a belt ) to creep.
glisseur, m., (mach.) slide block,
glissiere, (mach., steam, etc.) slide, guide, slide
face, slide bar, guide bar, motion bar; (art.)
crosshead slide; (P.m. art.) console slide;
de cylindre & vapeur, (steam) slide face;
& pivot, (art.) pivoting slide (Hotchkiss 57
field);
du te, de la traverse (steam) crosshead
guide;
de la traverse du piston (steam) piston crosshead
guide.
glissoir, m., (mach.) slide; sliding block.
glissoire, f., (mach.) slide, guide, sliding plate;
expansive, expansive slide;
tige de , motion bar.
globe, m., globe; (powd.) globe or shot used in
testing fine-grained black powders; proof shot;
de compression, (mil. min.) globe of compression;
overcharged mine; (sometimes) undercharged
mine; (art.) a term applied to a torpedo
shell on striking;
d'eprouvette, v. under main word, (powd.);
defeu, (artif.) any spherical firework;
fumant. (artif.) smoke ball thrown into the
interior of works (obs.);
modele, (fond