A French-English Military Dictionary - Sturmpanzer.com

largeur 238 legume
largeur du jour, width (of an opening, as' windows,
etc.);
-dans ceuvre, width in the clear,
larguer, v
slack, cas
inside
width;
normale de la voie (r. r.) standard gauge;
des rayures, (art.) width of the grooves;
de voie, (r. r.) gauge.
lar^ue, m., (cord.) slack rope; (nav.) sea
room, offing; a.,
started.
(cord.) loose, slack; (mach.)
(cord.) to let go, to ease, cast off,
eose, let a rope run;
en bande, to let go amain, let go by the run;
to cast loose at once;
en retour, to ease off, to ease off handsomely,
by degrees, turn by turn, with a turn or so
around a post, etc.;
la vapeur, (mach.) to blow off steam.
larme, f., tear; drop;
de plomb, small shot.
larmier, m., (cons.) drip, undercut; dripstone;
water table; coping of a wall or bridge; (hipp.)
temple (of the horse).
las, a., tired, weary, fatigued.
lascar, m., (mil. slang) bold, devil-may-care
fellow.
lasser, v. a., to tire, weary, fatigue, wear out.
lasseret, m., v. laceret.
lasset, m., v. lacet.
lasso-dompteur, m., (hipp.) an arrangement of
straps to restrain violent horses (acts like a
strait-jacket).
last(e), m., load'of 2 tons (2,000 kilograms),
latent, a., latent.
lateral, a., lateral, side; m., (hipp.) legs on same
side of horse.
latitude, f., latitude;
d'arrivee, latitude ascertained at end of
day's work;
corrigee, latitude corrected by observation;
estimee, latitude by dead-reckoning;
observee, latitude by observation, observed
latitude.
latrine, f., (mil.) latrine, "rear";
ft fosse fixe, latrine with fixed receptacle;
& fosse mobile, latrine with movable receptacle;
& tinette mobile, v. b fosse mobile.
latte, f., lath, batten, strip; strip of metal; (sm. a.)
straight saber for heavy cavalry;
jointive, partition lath;
volige, roof lath.'
latter, v. a., to lath, to batten;
d claire-voie, to leave a space between
laths;
d lattes jointives, to nail laths close together,
lattis, m., lathwork, laths, latticed work;
& hauteur d'appui, ashlering.
lava, f., (cay.) the traditional tactical formation
of the Cossack cavalry, more or less similar
to the formation enfourrageurs.
lavabo, m., washstand.
lavage, m., (in gen., chem., met.) washing; (met.)
buddling; (expl.) boiling (as of waste for gun
cotton);
au crible, (met.) riddling;
cuveb, , (met.) tossing tub;
& la cuve, (met.) tossing;
ft grande eau, sluicing;
position de , (art.) elevation permitting
water to run out.
lavasse, f., very heavy shower of rain; water;
slop, wash; a very hard stone (silicate of
alumina with oxide of iron).
lave, f.. flat surface stone in a quarry; lava;
fusible, (mas.) artificial mastic.
lave, p. p., light, light-colored; washed;
bai, etc., (hipp.) light bay, etc.;
couleur e, faint color.
laver, v. a., to wash, wash out, off; to wash a
drawing, to lay on a wash; (of rivers, the
ocean) to wash; (chem.) to treat with water,
(met.) to buddle ore; (carp.) to dress, trim
(withatwibill);
& I'encre de Chine, to wash (a drawing)
with india ink.
laveur, m., (expl.) washer, purifier.
lavis, m., (drawing) wash, color; washing, tinting
(with india ink, etc.);
dessin au- , wash drawing or sketch;
dessiner au - , to wash, to tint, with india
ink, etc.;
epure au- , wash drawing.
lavoir, m., washtub, lavatory; (sm. a.) washer,
cleaning rod; (met.) buddle; - mecanique, rotary washer.
lavure, f . metal , sweepings (in workshops).
laye, f., v. laie.
layer, v. a., to cut a path or lane in a wood
or forest; to mark or blaze trees to be left
standing.
layette, f., (powd.) powder tray.
layeur, m., forest surveyor; person who lays
out paths in woods or who marks trees to
be left standing.
layon, m., tailboard (of a wagon).
lazaret, m., lazaretto; lazar, pest-house; (mil.)
German name for hospital.
lazaro, m., (mil. slang) prison, "jug."
16, m., towing path, towpath; breadth (of
cloth).
leson, f., lesson.
lecteur, m., reader; (Fr. art.) man who reads
the reglette;
--de cartes, map cover (transparent and
checkered to a given scale, for use in wet
weather).
lecture, f., reading; reading of an instru-
ment; - de I'acte d'accusation, (Fr. mil. law) reading
of the order convening the comrt, and of the
results of the instruction, q. v.; - de la carte,-des cartes, map reading.
legalisation, f., legalization.
ISgaliser, v. a., to legalize.
legalite, f .. legality.
legation, r., legation.
16ge, a., light, crank.
legemle, f., legend, inscription (esp. legend of a
map).
lger, a., light, slight; feeble, slim; faint; buoyant;
(mil.) light (of certain kinds of troops and
of materials); m. pi., a synonym of-s ouv-
rages. q. v.;
artillene -e
term);
avoir la main
and good hand;
cavalene-ere, v. s. v. cavalerie,'
cavalier - , (man.) rider that has a good seat,
and so does not fatigue his mount;
cheval - , (hipp.) spirited horse in e, horse artillery (not a technical
(man.) to have a light
good condition;
- de devant. (man.) light in front (said of a
horse that in action keeps his hind quarters
lower than his fore quarters); - & I' eau, buoyant;
infanterie ere, (mil.) light infantry;
- d la main, (man.) easy on the hand;
-s ouvrages, (cons.) light plasterwork (parti-
tions, moldings , coats , etc . ) ;
troupes-eres, (mil.) light troops.
legion, f., legion; (Fr. a.) unit of organization of
the gendarmerie, q. v.; - departementale, ( Fr. a.) departmental legion
(of gendarmerie); (formerly, during the first
part of the Restoration) official designation
of a line regiment; - ctrangbre, (Fr. a.) foreign legion, two regiments,
serving in Algiers; - de la garde republicaine, (Fr. a.) the republican
guard (is formed into a legion);
- d'Honneur, Legion of Honor (for the various
grades see p. xi); - de Paris, (Fr. a.) the gendarmerie of the
departments of the Seine and of the Seineet-Oise.
legionnaire, m., knight of the Legion of Honor;
(mil.) soldier belonging to a legion.
legislation, f., legislation; - militaire, in France, an inaccurate ex-
pression frequently used to designate the
body of laws applying to the military service.
legume, m., vegetable;
gros-s, (mil. slang) field officers;
-s sees, dried vegetables.