A French-English Military Dictionary - Sturmpanzer.com

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Jachere, f., fallow land, ground.
Jack, m., jack, union jack,
jaillir, v. n., to spout, gush, gush forth.
Jaiilisscment, m., jet, gushing, spouting.
Jaler, v. a., to stock (an anchor).
Jaline, f., (expl.) jaline (a picrate powder).
Jalon, m., stake, pole, picket, directing mark;
(surv. ) picket, sighting rod;
& drapeau, (surv.) flag;
mire, (surv.) sighting rod;
de reperage, (art.) aiming picket (indirect
fire).
jalonnage, m., staking out; marking out (a road,
a line of march, etc.).
Jalonnement, m., (surv., mil., etc.) staking out,
marking out a line, a direction, etc.
Jalonner, y. a. n., to stake out, to mark out with
pins, pickets, men, etc.; (surv.) to stake out,
(mil.) (of markers, guides) to mark, establish;
the line, a direction;
une direction, (mil.) to take up points in
marching;
une ligne, (mil.) to mark, establish, aline,
julouiieur, m., stake planter ;'(mil.) soldier who
marks out the ground or takes up points,
marker; man who connects the point with
the main body of an advance guard and marks
out the direction;
procede des deux s, (art.) indirect aiming in
which two men mark out the line of fire.
jalousie, f., grating; Venetian blind; (nav.) crankiness;
(mil.) anxiety, nervousness (as in regard
to one's communications);
& , (mach., tech.) like a grating, having openings
like a grating.
jalotix, a., (nav.) crank, easily upset; (mil.) exposed
to attack; perilous.
jambage, m., jamb; chimney jamb; side post;
doorpost; upright of a window or door; side
face of A-iron; leg (as of a steam-hammer
frame); (mas.) sort of pier or pilaster in a wall,
vertical course (as of dressed stone in a brick
wall) to ornament or strengthen the wall or
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to support the main rafters;
s d'un tour, (mach.) wooden base or supports
of a lathe.
tambe, f., leg; leg from knee to foot; leg (of a compass);
branch of a siphon; (hipp.) leg (from
thigh t9 hock); (in pi., fig.) faculty or power
of walking, of marching; (sm. a.) shank or lug
of the Werder rifle for opening the breech;
artificielle, artificial leg;
avoir des s, (fenc.) to be firm and steady on
the left foot;
avoir les s pres, (man.) of the rider, to have
the legs close to the flanks of the horse;
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'avoir point de s, (hipp.) to have the fore legs
spoiled, ruined;
bien dirigee, (hipp.) well-set leg;
de lots, wooden leg;
bonder contre les , v. s. v. bonder;
boutisse, (mas.) vertical course, sort of builtup
pilaster (as of dressed stone in a brick wall)
bonded header-wise in the wall;
de chtvre, cheek, leg, of a gin;
de chien, (cord.) sheepshank;
cinquieme du cheval, the bit, if ridden on,
(cf. "to ride a horse with three legs");
de dedans, (man.) near leg (front or hind);
de dehors, (man.) off leg;
echapper la , (fenc.) to withdraw the leg
(from a cut) in broadsword exercise;
d'encoignure, (mas.) corner (of quoins);
etriere, (mas.) intermediate pilaster or pillar
in a wall;
deforce, strut; (nav.) strong back;
hors du montoir, v. de dehors;
marcher sur trois s, (hipp.) to be lame;
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Jambe, du montoir, v. de dcfans;
d'ordon, supporting frame of the trunnions
of a hurst;
os de , shank;
partie, (hipp.) a leg with a strained tendon;
retenir la de dedans (de dehors) du cheval,
(man.) to change the direction of such or such
a leg by the action of the reins;
sensible iila , (man.) leg-wise;
sortir sur les * d'un autre, (mil. slang) to be
confined to barracks or guard room;
sous poutre, (mas.) plate course; block or
plate, vertical course (as of dressed stone),
supporting a rafter or beam;
ft toutes s, as fast as possible.
jambette, f., counter timber; jamb, upright propsmall
strut; clasp-knife; (rahigh step, tread
(of a horse).
jambiere, f., gaiter, legging, (art.) leg-guard;
(mach.) sleeve;
guetre , (unif. Fr. a.) a high legging, worn
by the zouaves and the tirailleurs algeriens.
jambon, m., ham;
faire un , (mil. slang) to break one's rifle.
janissaire, m., janissary.
janite, f., (expl.) mixture of large-grained black
powder and nitroglycerin.
janquette, f., tongue.
jante, f., felly, felloe (of a wheel, of a fifth wheel);
face, rim (of a pulley, fly wheel, etc.).
janter, v. a., to rim a wheel, to put on the fellies.
jantiere, f., felly plate.
jaquette, f., (art.) jacket (in the French marine
artillery, a synonym of corps de canon); recoil
de renfort, jacket; reenforce jacket;
tourillons, trunnion jacket (Brown gun);
de volee, chase hoop.
jard, m., very coarse gravel.
jarde, f., (hipp.) jarde (the curb of English writers).
jardin, m., garden;
d'agrement, pleasure garden;
potager regimentaire, (mil.) regimental
vegetable garden; post garden (U. S. A.);
du tambour, (nav.) sponson.
jardoii, m., (hipp.) a synonym of jarde, q. v.
jarret, m., protuberance, projection; long limb
(of a tree) stripped of other branches and
twigs; elbow formed by the junction of two
pipes; (harn.) bow of a bit; (hipp.) hock;
s clos, hocks too close together, cow hocks;
corde du , cord of the hock;
coude, hock in which the tibio-tarsal angle
is too much closed;
couper le , to hamstring;
creux du , hollow of the hock;
s crochus, v. s clos;
droit, hock in which the tibio-tarsal angle is
too wide open;
empdte, fleshy, full, or doughy hock;
etrangle, tied-in or strangled hock;
itre sur les s, to be cow hocked;
etroit, slender, narrow hock;
gras, v. empd{e;
se mettre sur les s, (of a horse) to throw himself
upon his haunches;
s mous, v. s vacillants;
net, neat, clean hock;
pli du , fold of the hock;
pointe du , point of the hock;
sec, lean or dry hock;
tendon du , hamstring;
s trop ouverts, hocks too wide open;
s vacillants, rotating hocks;
* vide s, *>lean hocks.
JarretS, a., (hipp.) close-hammed.