A French-English Military Dictionary - Sturmpanzer.com

maiiometre 261 marche
manomfctrc, tube , tube gauge;
?- du vide, (steam) vacuum gauge.
manometrique, a., pertaining to gauges, manometric.
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manquant, ra., (mil.) absentee from roll call;
(in pi.) the missing.
manque, m., want, failure, miss; (man.) false
step, misstep.
manquement, m., fault, failure, want,
& Vappel, (mil.) absence from roll call.
miss;
manquer, v. a. n. , to fail; to go into bankruptcy;
to miss; to be missing; to be short of, to be in
want of (water, food, etc.), to fall short of;
(sm. a., art.) to miss fire, to miss; (cord.) to become
loose:
a Vappel, (mil.) to be absent from a roll call;
le but, (t. p.) to miss the target;
defer, (fan.) (of a horseshoe) to be too narrow,
too thin;
de monde, to be shorthanded;
&, de, virer, (nav.) to miss stays.
il ne manque personnc, (mil.) all are present,
Sir.
maiisarde, f., attic, garret; mansard roof; garret
window;
fenctre en , garret window:
toil en curb , roof, mansard.
maiiteau, m., cloak; (in pi.) leaves of a door;
(unif.) military cloak; cape (U. S. A.); (met.)
outer casing of a blast furnace; shell of a mold,
cope; (fort.) cylindrical part of cupola or turret;
metal envelope to exclude gases; (chem.)
hood;
d'armes, (mil.) conical arm cover,
to cover a stand of arms in the field;
ticking
de cheminee, mantelpiece;
fa^ix '-, mantelpiece on brackets;
de fer, iron bar (supporting the lintel of a
chimney);
de (juerite, (unif.) sentry's greatcoat;
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tente, v. d'armes;
tente-abri, (mil.) shelter-tent cloak, or half.
mantelet, m., (art., fort.) port shutter; embrasure
shutter; mantelet, screen; (harn.) harness
pad; (nav.) deadlight;
brise, half port;
faux , (nav.) false port lid; deadlight;
de sabord, (nav.) port lid;
de sapeur , (siege) screen against musketry fire.
manuel, m., manual, handbook, text-book;
des distances, (mil.) official table of distances.
manufacture, f., manufacture, making, factory,
mill;
d'armes, small-arms factory;
de canon, gun factory.
manufacturer, v. a., to manufacture.
manufacturier, m., manufacturer.
manutention, f., management, maintenance;
administration; overhauling; establishment;
(mil.) bakery.
manutentionnaire, m., manager.
manutentlonner, v. a. ; (mil.) to bake bread for
troops.
mappe, f., map, chart (rare).
mappemonde, f . , map of the world, chart.
maquette, f., (sm. a.) skelp;
double, double skelp (enough for two barrels);
pour sabre, skelp for a sword blade;
simple, single skelp (enough for one barrel).
maquetteur, m., (sm. a.) barrel forger, skelp
forger.
maquigiion, m., horse dealer (frequently a dishonest
dealer;, horse-jockey, jockey; man who
bishops horses.
maquignonnage, m., horse dealing, tishoping,
horse-jockeying, jobbing.
maquignonner, v. a., to bishop a hors'j, to make
him up for sale.
maquiller, v. a., to make up;
un gayet, to paint a horse so as to deceive a
purchaser.
ruaquis, m., v. maliis.
marabout, m., marabout.
marais, m., (top.) swamp, marsh, morass, bog;
salant, salt, salt pit.
maraudage, m., (mil.) marauding.
maraude, f., (mil.) marauding, freebooting,
plundering;
allcr h la , en , to go marauding.
marauder, v. a. n., (mil.) to plunder, to pillage,
x rob.
maraudeur, m., (mil.) marauder, freebooter,
plunderer.
marbre, m., marble; slabfsurface plate; heavy
plate (of cast iron, etc*., on which tests, etc.,
may be made); barrel, chain drum; (of paint-
ing) marbling;
breche, marble composed of angular fragments,
united by a calcareous '
cement;
brocatclle brooatelle marble:
camelote, marble of uniform color, susreptilie
of but slight polish;
chiquete, painting to imitate granite;
en contre-passe, marble sawed out normal to
its quarry bed;
coquillier, shell marble;
dur, granite;
ebauchc, tooth-chiseled marble;
feint, (of painting) marbling;
fini, marble that has received its final finish;
jete, painting to imitate porphyry;
dans sa passe, marble sawed out parallel to
its quarry bed;
pique, rough-pointed marble;
poudingue, pudding stone;
statuaire, statuary marble;
de trac,age, laying-out-work table; tracingtable-block.
marbre', a., (hipp.) marbled (of the coat).
marbriere, f., marble quarry.
marbrure, f., marbling (of painting); (hipp.) light
spot, marble spot (of the coat).
marchand, m., merchant;
de marronx, (mil. slang) officer who looks ill
at ease in plain clothes.
marchand, a., commercial, mercantile, trading;
batiment , merchantman;
capitaine , shipmaster;
fer , merchant iron;
marine e, commercial navy;
navire v. batiment ,
;
officier , v. capitaine ;
prix , market price;
riviere e, navigable river; ^
vaisseau v. batiment , ;
ville e, commercial city.
marchander, v. a., to ask the price of, to bargain
for, to haggle.
marchandise, f., merchandise, goods, freight;
en balles, piece freight;
s chargees en grenier, merchandise in bulk;
s de contrebande, smuggled goods;
au cubage, bulk freight;
s en forets, timber cut for fuel, construc-
tion;
s legates, lawful merchandise;
moitie guerre, moitie , v. s. v. guerre;
s de pacotille, goods, merchandise, of poor
s principales, staple articles;
s de traite, export goods.
marche, f., walk, walking; gait, pace, step; course,
conduct, procedure; advance, progress; rate
(of a chronometer); behavior (as of an engine,
furnace, machine); (tech.) pedal, treadle; (cons.)
stair, step of a stair; (met.) fire bridge of a reverberatory
furnace; (mus.) march; (nav.)
sailing, speed, headway; (mil.) march, day's
march; marching; frontier, march;
(Except where otherwise indicated, the following
terms relate to the art military.)
accelerce, march at the rate of about 30 kilometers
per day (40 kilometers at the maximum),
kept up for several consecutive days;
d angle, (cons.) longest, or diagonal, winder
of a staircase;