A French-English Military Dictionary - Sturmpanzer.com

maritime 265 martcau
maritime, a., maritime, naval;
arsenal , dockyard, shipyard, navy-yard;
assurance marine , insurance;
maritime law or code;
code, -,
divisions s, (in France) naval prefectures;
legislation naval articles of , war; maritime
law; naval laws and regulations.
marmenteau, a., bois , wood of tall trees
near a house.
marmite, f., kettle, camp kettle; copper; boiler;
de campement, camp kettle;
de cuisine, copper, boiler;
d degraisser, (mack.) soda kettle.
manie, f., marl, fuller's earth;
afoulon, fuller's earth.
marner, v. n., (of the sea) to rise above the usual
level of waters;
de tant de metres, (of the tide) to have a range
of so many meters.
marniere, f., clay or marl pit.
maroquin, m., morocco (leather).
marprime, f., sailmaker's awl.
marquapje, m., marking, tamping; (hipp.)
branding (on the hoof in French army); (am.
a.) markings, stamps, etc., on firearms, showing
place and. date of manufacture.
marque, f., mark, sign; (commercially) brand,
(hence in pi.) goods; brand (of a criminal);
cipher; stamp (mark and tool); government
stamp (as on dutiable goods); landmark, seamark;
buoy; insignia, sign; proof, evidence,
testimony; (sm. a.) stamp, mark (of date and of
cf manufacture, etc.); (hipp.) star on a
Elace orse's forehead; brand; mark, affixed in an
epidemic, to show that the animal so marked
is healthy; bean (the mark on a horse's tooth);
de basse maree, low-water mark;
f de bonne conduite, (mil.) good-conduct
badge;
de cheval, (hipp.) brand (on hoof, in France);
s distinctives, (mil.)
distinctive badges (as,
for good service, good conduct, of grades, func-
tions); markings (on material objects);
s distinctives de commandement, (nav.) insignia
or marks of command (pennants, etc.);
de la, douane, custom-house stamp;
-d'eaUf water guage;
de I' Etqt. official stamp of the state; in England,
broad arrow;
defabrique, trade-mark;
defeu, (hipp.) red spot;
de guide, leading mark;
de haute maree, high-water mark;
s d'honneur, insignia (as, of an order); marks
of honor, i. e., compliments exchanged (sa-
lutes, etc.);
leltre de , letters of marque;
- de la mer, trace, mark, left by the sea;
de service, (mil.) sign of being on duty (in
French army, chin-strap down);
de terre, landmark;
en tele, (hipp.) blaze on the forehead;
du tirant d'eau, (nav.) draught mark.
marque, p. p., marked;
contre , v. faux ;
faux , (hipp.) bishoped, countermarked;
de feu, (hipp.) red-spotted, red-colored;
en tele, (hipp.) with a blaze or star on the
forehead.
marqiier, v. a. n., to mark, mark out; to trace; to
indicate, read (of a thermometer, clock, etc.);
to appoint, assign, determine, fix; to check off;
(fenc.) to make a clear body hit; (sm. a.) to
stamp; (hipp.) to brand; to show the mark (of
the teeth); (fort.) to trace out (a work);
le camp, (mil.) to indicate the site of a camp;
cheval qui commenced, , (hipp.) young horse
that begins to show signs of age by his teeth;
cheval qui marque, (hipp.) horse that still has the
mark;
marquer, cheval qui ne marque plus, (hipp.) horse
that has lost the mark, that has razed;
le coin, (man.) to take the corners properly
(in riding hall);
le coup, (fenc.) to touch one's adversary
slightly;
un coup, (fenc.) to feint, to make a feint
thrust;
faire , to dip (a flag);
une ligne de sonde, to mark (the divisions on)
a sounding line;
le pas, (mil.) to mark time.
marqueter, v. a., to inlay.
marqueterie, f., marquetry, inlaying, inlaid work.
marqueur, m., marker; (t. p.) marker; (mil. tclrg.)
. marker, man who marks or puts up indications
(on houses, trees) for the working party
in rear.
marquise, f., large tent, marquee; (mil.) headquarters
tent (obs.); awning or cover of an
officer's tent; (artif.) sort of rocket; (cons.)
(water) shed over a door or window;
double , (artif.) fifteen-line rocket;
d'une locomotive, (r. r.) cab.
marre, f . , mattock, pickax.
marron, m., chestnut (fruit); mark, ticket, tag;
(arlif.) bouncing powder; maroon, cracker;
cube of cartridge paper filled with corned powder;
(fond.) mold core; (Fr. a.) metal disk showing
the hour for making rounds (dropped into
receptacles prepared for the purpose, by the
officer on guard, on making rounds, and thus
serving as a check on the performance of the
duty);
d'artifices, (artif.) cardboard boxes filled
with gunpowder;
de distribution, (Fr. a.) ticket issued to fuel
and light contractors and presented as a verification
of their claims;
luisanl, (artif.) maroon with star composition
on the outside, to give a white light
before bursting;
de service, v. under main word (Fr. a.).
marronnter, m., chestnut tree, chestnut wood;
faux horse , chestnut;
d'Inde, horse chestnut.
Mars, m.,Mars;
champ de , (mil.) parade ground, drill ground.
marseillaise, f., French national hymn.
officer or man of the
marsouin, m., (mil. slang)
marine infantry.
marteau, m., hammer, mallet, maul, beetle,
clapper, knocker; abbreviation of marleaupilon;
(art.) plunger of a frse, striker; (r. f. art., F.
m. art.) hammer, striker;
d air cpmprime, hammer worked by compressed
air; cushioned hammer;
d I'allemande, lift hammer;
& l'anglaise,nose or frontal helve, helve hammer;
d'arbal&te, Jacob's staff;
d'assielte, paver's hammer;
d'une attaque, (mil.) principal attack in an
action;
& balle, ball-pane hammer;
& bascule, tilt hammer;
& bouge, Oliver;
brettele, tootn ax;
a briscr, miner's pidc (ax);
de calfal, calking nammer;
& cames, tappet hammer;
cassant, mason's double-face hammer; sledge
hammer;
d chapelel, sledge hammer (smith's);
de charpentier, ordinary carpenter's hammer;
chasse-coin, hammer used for driving in (or
out) wedges (sometimes chasse-coin alone is
used);
cingleur, (met.) shingling hammer;
de cloche, bell clapper;
a coups ferribles, a hammer worked by compressed
air and capable of delivering 500 blows
a minute;
degrossir au , to hammer down, to shape
down by the hammer;