A French-English Military Dictionary - Sturmpanzer.com

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air 67.5, (man.) air in which the horse does not
raise or lift his body far from the ground;
bielle de la pomve & , pump side-rod;
boite tt
, air-box;
chaud, hot blast;
diagonal, (man.} air based on the diagonal
efforts of the horse;
ichappement de V , escape, air escapelire
en V , (mil.) to be too far advanced; to be
without proper support; to be in the air;
froid, cold blast, cold-air blast;
& I' libre, (expl.) in free air;
s de manage, (man.) riding-school paces,
graces, airs;
matelas d' , (steam, etc.) air-cushion;
mettre la crosse en I' , (mil.) to surrender;
pompe d , air-pump;
pres de terre, (man.) v. air las;
releve, (man.) air in which horse raises his
body in the air;
reservoir, seau, de la pompe to, . air-pump
bucket;
tige d' articulation de la pompe & pump-rod
and links;
tirer en V , (mil.) to fire in the air (e. g., to
frighten rioters).
airain, m., (met.) brass.
alre, f., area, superficies; floor, flooring, floor area,
floor space; (in danacks) flooring of ground
floor when covered with neither wood nor
flagstones; any even or smooth plat or flat;
hearth, sole (of a furnace); (nav.) way, headway;
de champ de tir, (ball.) plane surface suitably
marked and prepared to receive projectiles, so
that coordinates of points of fall may be obtained;
d'enclume, anvil face or plate;
de grille, (steam) grate-area;
d'un pont, roadway;
de vent, de vent de to rose, point of the
compass; rhumb.
ais, m.. board, plank;
de carton, pasteboard.
aisance, f., ease; (mil.) "rear" (/am.); room, elbowroom
(in ranks);
des coudes, (mil.) space between adjacent men
in ranks, room, elbow-room.
aisceau, m., adze, cooper's adze.
aissante, f., (cons.) shingle.
aisseau, m., (cons.) shingle.
aisselier, m., (carp.) brace, strut; angle-brace.
aisselle, f ., armpit; throat (of an anchor).
aissette, f., adze.
alssieu, m., v. essieu.
aisson, m., grapnel, four-fluked anchor.
ajournfi, m., ( Fr. a.) man who has had an ajournement(q.
v.).
ajournement, m., postponement; (Fr. a.) delay of
two years, accorded young men found too short
or otherwise physically unfitted for military
service, before they are examined again; postponement
or delay of joining for annual instruction,
of reservists and of territorialists, for
one year, for private reasons;
d'appel, (mil.) v. ajournement (Fr. a.);
de rappel de soUe, (Fr.a.) delay of six months
in drawing pay accumulated, to be suffered
by soldier who does not present required vouchers
on rejoining;
de reception d'effets, (Fr. a. adm.) postponement
of acceptance, for reexamination. of articles
found defective by commission de reception,
and susceptible of repair.
ajourner, v. a., to put off, to postpone; (Fr. a.)
to put off tntry into service, of young men,
reservists, territorialists (v. ajournement).
ajoutoir, m., v. ajutage.
ajust, m., (cord.) bend or knot to fasten ends of
two ropes together.
ajuste, m., v. ajust.
ajustage, m., fitting (of parts together); performing
of final operations; assembling of various
parts of machines, arms, etc.); finishing,
touching up of a piece, a mechanism, etc.;
(mach.) adjusting, fitting.
ajuste, a., (art., sm. a.) well aimed;
feu , well-aimed fire.
ajustement, m., adjusting, fitting, sizing; arrangement,
settlement.
ajuster, v. a., to adjust, to fit; (mach.) to fit; (art.
sm. a.) to aim at (with the notion of care), to
take aim at;
un cheval, (man,) to complete the training of
ahorse;
-cdne, (mach.) to taper;
hfroltement doux, dur, libre, to give an easy,
tight, free, fit;
& refus, to fit as tight, as close, as possible;
les renes, (man.) to get the reins evenly in the
hand.
ajusture, f., (fan.) fitting of upper face of a horseshoe
to the foot;
en bateau, fitting in which the branches curve
in, so that toe, quarter, etc., do not bear on
ground:
entolee, fitting in which the branches are
kept from ground by their outer edge;
a eponges renversees, fitting in which the
quarters (eponges) are turned down;
de mulet, fitting with toe in air, and the rest
of the shoe flat on the ground.
ajut, m., (cord.) v. ajust.
ajutage, m., adjutage, tube.
a j utoir, m . , adj utage.
alaise, f., v. alese.
alarme, f., alarm; cry of alarm, warning cry;
warning;
faire , to give the alarm;
fausse , false alarm;
place d' , (mil.) point designated for assembly
of troops under arms, when the generale is
beaten.
albugo, (hipp.) albugo.
album, m., illustrated catalogue (of manufactures,
etc.).
alcaloXde, m., (chem.) alkaloid.
alcool, m., (chem.) alcohol.
alcoollque, a., alcoholic.
alcoolometre, m., alcoholometer,
alene, f., awl, pricker; saddler's awl;
6 coudre, common awl;
plate, brad awl.
alerte, f., (mil.) alarm; turning out the guard;
false alarm.
fausse ,
alesage, m., (mach., etc.) broaching, boring, drilling,
fine-boring; (art.) boring of guns; boring to
caliber; (sm. a.) fine-boring (of barrel);
bane d' , boring bench;
barre d'
? boring bar.
alese, f., furring; (sm. a.) wooden lining of (metal)
scabbard.
alfesC, a., shouldered; bored; drilled.
aleser, v. a., to bore, to broach, to drill; to finebore
(a gun) ; to rebore, to bore up; to turn true;
machine & , drill, drilling machine.
aleseuse, f., (mach.) drill, drilling machine;
& revolver, (mach.) turret-drill, turret-head
drill.
atesoir, m., (mach.) broach; reamer; rose-reamer)
fine borer; polishing-bit, finishing-bit; boring
machine;
conique, angular reamer;
de lumiere, (art.) vent-bit;
rond, round broach ;
tete d' , broaching-head, boring-head.
alesure, f., boring-chip.
alezan, a., (hipp.) chestnut (color); m., chestnut
(horse).
brule, color of roasted coffee;
cerise, reddish chestnut ;
chdtain, chestnut sorrel;
clair, light chestnut;
cuivre, chestnut of coppery red reflection;
dore, chestnut of a golden reflection;
fonce, brownish chestnut;
lave, light chestnut (light sorrel, according
to some);
ordinaire, approaching a cinnamon color;
roux, red or light bay ;
saure, sorrel (according to some).