A French-English Military Dictionary - Sturmpanzer.com

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affut d fllche, block-trail carriage: - d fieche elastique, telescopmg-trail carriage,
elastic-trail carriage (Canet); - d frein circulaire, carriage fitted with a circular
brake (Canet); - & frein hydraulique, carriage with hydraulic
recoil-check; - dfreins d lames, compressor-bar carriage;
- d fusee, (mil.) rocket-stand; rocket-frame;
- de gaillard, (nav.) gun-deck carriage;
- glissant, [siege art.) carriage sliding on skids
during recoil; r - d glissement, (Fr. art.) 220m
(slides on platform during recoil);
grand , lower carriage of
mortar carriage
French I20mm
short;
independant, unarmored carriage;
d'infanterie (r.f. art.) infantry mounting;
libre, generic term for movable (wheeled)
carriages;
d limoniere, shaft carriage; galloping carriage;
d manoeuvre electrique, electrically controlled
carriage;
d manoeuvre hydraulique, hydraulically controlled
carriage;
marin, naval carriage;
de montagne, mountain-gun carriage;
d, de, mortier, mortar carriage, mortar
bed;
d'obusier, howitzer carriage;
omnibus, (Fr. art.) a carriage so called because
it can be adapted to several different
guns, field and siege;
oscillant, oscillating, rocking carriage;
afffitage, m., outfit of tools; sharpening, setting;
act of sharpening.
affuter, y. a., to sharpen a tool;
machine d -,
, tool-grinding machine.
afluteuse, f., tool-grinding machine.
agaric, m., punk.
a gauche, m., v. & droite, substituting gauche (left)
for droite (right).
age, m., age;
cheval hors d' , (hipp.) old horse, horse that
has lost the mark;
limite d' , limits of age of entry into schools;
minimum age of entry into certain departments;
(mil.) retiring age;
etre atteint par la limite d' , (mil.) to reach
retiring age.
agenda, in., memorandum book.
agent, m., agent; (mil.) subordinate employe" of
pay, post-office, telegraph, and railroad departments;
des attelages, (art.) agent of communication
between captain (at guns in position) and
limbers and teams under cover (he is the chef
de caisson de la section du centre);
de liaison, (mil.) officer, n. c. o., or man who
acts as agent of communication between various
bodies of troops, or of parts of asinglebody (e. g.,
batterie de tir and echelon de combat, qq. v.) (frequently
agent alone is used, when notan officer);
principal des prisons, (Fr. a.), n. c. o. of the
grade of adjudant, in charge of interior economy
and of lower personnel of a military prison;
petit , top carriage, Trench 120 short;
d pivot, pintle carriage;
d pivot anterieur, d pivot avant, frontpintle
carriage;
d pivot central, center-pintle carriage;
d pivot elastique, (r. f. art.) elastic mount
(Engstrom);
d pivotement fictif et d tourillonnement autour
de la bouche, generic term for minimum port
carriage under metallic cover;
de place, fortress carriage; garrison carriage
(England); ,
d plaque tournante, turntable carriage;
de plat-bord, (nav. r. f.) gunnel-mount, railmount;
plateforme, (Fr. a.) carriage of 120mm
short;
d plateforme tournante, turntable carriage;
de pont, (nav. r.f.) deck mount;
queue d* rear end of , top carriage;
d rabattement, disappearing carnage;
d rappel automatique, spring-return carriage;
d recul, recoil carriage;
d recul limite, limited recoil carriage;
sans recul, (r.f. art.) nonrecoil carriage;
de rempart, (r. f. art.) rampart mount; (in
gen.) rampart carriage;
d ressoris de rappel, spring-return carriage:
rigide, generic term for carriage in which
recoil is not taken up by buffers, cylinders, etc.;
roulant, wheeled carriage; roller carriage;
(siege) carriage on wheels, as '
distinguished
from glissant, q. v.;
d roulettes, truck carriage;
de siege, siege carriage;
de siege et place, siege and fortress carriage;
d soulevement, (Fr. art., obs.) elevator carriage
(lets down from rollers before firing);
- d tampons elastiques, Engelhardt field-mortar
carriage;
de teugue, (nav.) forecastle carriage (swivel
and chase guns);
de tir, (sm. a.) rifle-rest;
d, de, tourclle, turret carriage;
de tourelle-barbette, barbette turret mount;
d traineau, traineau, sledge-carriage;
dtrepied. (r.f. art.) tripod mount;
d treuil de brague, Brookwell carriage (obs.);
true. r. r. gun carriage, platform on rails,
from which gun may be fired;
d tubes, (mil.) rocket volley carriage;
d vis, generic term for turret-carriages worked
by screw-gearing, as opposed to hydraulically
controlled carriages.
reducteur, rsvelateur, (phot.) developer.
agglomeration, f., agglomeration.
aggloinre, m., (elec.) mixture of gas-coke and of
bioxide of manganese (in one kind of Leclanche"
cell).
agir, v. a., to act, work; (mil.) to operate;
sur le cordon, (art.) to pull the lanyard.
agitateur, m., (mach., etc.) agitator; mechanical
stirrer; shaker.
agiter, v. a. r., to agitate, shake, stir; to become
rough (of the sea, or water); to rise (of the sea).
agrafage, m., clamping, clasping, pramping, etc.;
d ressaut, (art.) locking of hoops by means of
shoulders.
agrafe, f., cramp, cramping-iron; lip, clip; (mil.)
clasp of a cuirass or breastplate; clasp of a medal;
(art.) filling-ring; coupling-pin; locking-lip (of
a hoop); locking-shoulder (of a hoop); clip,
guide-clip, guide-hook; holding-down clip;
-
catch; longitudinal strain-bar;
d'armement, (art.) cocking-clip (of a fuse);
d'artillerie, hook or clasp to bind various parts
together.
d'assemblage d vis, (art.) locking-ring;
guide, (art.) guide-holding-down clip.
et porte, hook and eye;
de surete, (art.) safety-clip, safety-spring
catch (of a fuse).
agrafer, v. a., to hook, clasp, clamp; (mach.) to gib;
(art.) to lock by an agrafe.
s' , (art.) to lock (gun construction);
d ressaut, (art.) to lock hoops by means of
shoulders.
agrandir, v. a., to enlarge.
agrandissement, m., enlargement.
agreer, v. a., to rig, (v. greer).
agregation, f., (mil.) formation (applied to all
regular assemblies).
agrements, m. pi., (unif.) trimmings or insignia
or ornaments 01 uniform, of headdress, and of
equipment.