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hachc 213 hansard
hachc & main, hand ax (Fr. a., part of engineer
equipment);
de pare, (Fr. a.) generic term for s de
bucheron and de charpentier;
pic, ax and pick in one;
portative du genie, (Fr. a.) almost the same
as de bucheron, and carried by sappers of
engineers;
portative b, main, (Fr. a.) hand ax issued to
the infantry;
& tete, (Fr. a.) ax and hammer in one, carried
field artillery.
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hache-paille, m., straw cutter, chopper.
hacher, v. a., to chop, hew, hack, etc.; (gen., mil.)
to cut to pieces; (top. drawing) to make hachures,
to hachure.
hachereau, m., (mil.) field hatchet.
hachette, f., hatchet;
de campagne, (Fr. a.) small ax or hatchet
used by tne field artillery to clear the ground
of underbrush;
de campement, (mil.) hatchet for splitting
firewood in bivouacs, et".;
& marteau, a hatchet with a hammer head.
hachoir, m., chopping board or knife; chaficutter.
hachotre, f., lath-chopper.
hachure, f., (drawing) hachure, hatching;
contre , cross hatching;
horizontale, hachure parallel to contours.
haha, m., ha-ha; sunken fence; any obstacle in a
road or communication; (fort.) interruption on
the landings of stairs of forts; on ramps, covered
by a small bridge or draw easily removed
in case of need; small ditch (covered by a draw)
in front of a postern gate; small ditch with
movable bridge (in a communication or pas-
ha!((c)k, m., haik.
hale, f., hedge; (mil.) lane formed by two ranks of
soldiers facing each other; soldiers in line, or
in one or more ranks; formation of several ranks
into one; (fort.) a hedge serving as, or intended
for, an obstacle;
artificielle, (fort.) iron-wire hedge (obstacle);
border la v. , former la ;
doubler la , (mil.) to form in two ranks facing
each other, v. former la ;
etre en , v. former la ;
former la , (mil.) to line a road, etc., with
troops on each side; to form a lane by two
ranks facing each other; to draw up troops
along a road for a funeral or ceremony of passage
of some person of high rank;
morte, hedge formed of dead thorns;
se ranger en , to form line;
sechj brushwood edge, supported by wire
or by pickets;
vive, quickset hedge.
hair?, f., haircloth; sackcloth; (met.) cast-iron
, plate, lining hearth of a '
finery forge, back
plate of a finery forge,
halage, m., hauling, tra^ tior, towing;
chemin de , towpath;
corde de , towline . towrope;
d la cordelle, towing;
ligne de , towline, towrope;
& vapeur, steam towage.
hale, m., (lech.) clearance, play (of a bolt).
hale-bas, m., (cord.) downhaul (of a flag, etc.).
haleine, f., breath, wind;
cheval gws d' , (hipp.) thick-winded horses;
donner d, un cheval, (man.) to breathe a horse;
meilre en , to let (a horse, man, etc.) get his
wind;
tenir des troupes en , (mil.) to keep troops in
exercise.
halement, m., hauling, towing; pulling, hauling.
knot.
haler, v. a., (cord.) to haul, haul in; to pull upon
a rope;
has, to haul down;
& la cordelle, to tow;
d joindre, to haul tight, to haul chock-ablock,
two blocks;
haler, & la main, to haul in by hand;
main sur main, to haul hand over hand;
sur une manoeuvre, to haul upon a rope.
halle, f., large open shed; market.
hallebarde, f., halberd.
hallebardier, m., halberdier.
hallier, m., thicket, brushwood.
halogene, a., (chem.) halogenous.
haloxyline, f., (expl.) haloxylin.
halte, f., stopping, halt (of troops, etc.); stop,
stand, resting place, refreshment during a
halt; stopping place, halting place; (call or
drill command ) halt !
d, la charge, (art.) cease loading! (command
given when a battery under fire is about to
quit its emplacement);
faire , (mil.) to halt, make a stand, stop, stay;
aufeu, v. s. v.feu;
gardee, (mil.) halt with sentinels out, with
guards, etc., posted;
grande , (mil.) main or principal halt; long
halt for rest, etc., (on march);
horaire, (mil.) horary, hourly, halt (of ten
minutes);
- Hi! (mil.) sentinel's challenge on approach
of people;
repas, (mil.) halt or stop for a meal in a
station halte-repas; dinner halt on a journey;
subitc, dead stop; sudden stop.
haltfcre, m., (gym.) dumb-bell.
hamac, m., hammock;
pour le passage des blesses, (med.) stretcher.
hameau, m., hamlet.
hamecon, m., fishhook.
hamee, f., (art.) sponge staff, handle of a sponge
(ecouvillon).
hammerless, m., (sm. a.) hammerless shotgun.
hampe, f., shank, staff; shaft; main spar (of a spar
torpedo);
ae cymbat, (torp.) war spar (of a spar torpedo);
du drapeau, flag pole or shaft;
d' ecouvillon, (art.) sponge staff;
d'cxcrcice, (torp.) drillspar (of a spar torpedo);
de (la) lance, (sm. a.) shaft;
de pavilion, (nav.) ensign staff;
de pavilion de beaupre, (nav.) jack staff;
de rcfouloir, (art.) rammer staff;
d'une lorpille, (torp.) spar of a torpedo.
hampette, f., (of a spar torpedo) the part of a
torpedo, spar that supports the torpedo at its
end; secondary spar.
ban, m., heave (of a workman striking a heavy
blow).
hanche, f., haunch, hip; leg (as of a trestle, e. g.,
Belgian three-legged trestle); (art.) leg of a gin;
(hipp., etc.) haunch, hip; (in pi.) hind quarters
of a horse; (nav.) quarter of a ship;
Men sortie, (hipp.) well-placed, well-set,
haunch;
cheval allant sur, pare sur, les s, (man.) horse
that in galloping supports himself on Ms
hauncnes;
de (la) chevre, (macJi., etc.) cheeks of a gin;
coulee, effacee, (hipp.) haunch tuat is
not prominent enough;
gagneej (man.) said of a horse when his rider
succeeds in controlling his hind quarters;
mfttre un cheval sur les s, (man.) to make a
horse gallop so that he supports himself on his
hind quarters;
noyee, (hipp.) sunken launch;
rabaisser les s, (man.) to force a horse to lower
his croup;
trainer les s, (man.) to drag (said of a horse
that gallops false, or that changes the foot in
galloping).
hari et, m., lashing of a tent or of an awning, (nav.)
reef-line.
hangar, m., shed, penthouse (as gun shed, boathouse,
etc.).
hansard, m., pit saw.