A French-English Military Dictionary - Sturmpanzer.com

pilastre 325 plnasse
pilastre rampant, de rampe, post of a sloping
balustrade.
pile, f., pile (of shot, etc.): starling of a bridge;
bridge pier; masonry pier; vat; stem or trunk
of a tree fit to convert into lumber; (powd.)
hollow (of a powder mill) in which pilon works;
(dec.) battery, element, cell; (hipp.) horse
whose testicles have not descended, ridgeling
(/am.)-
(Except where otherwise indicated, the following
terms relate to electricity.)
ft auges, trough battery;
aw. bichromate de potasse, bichromate battery;
a charbon, carbon cell; (in gen.) pile of charcoal;
au chlorure d'argent, silver chloride battery;
de compensation, compensating battery;
constante, constant battery;
a couronne de tosses, crown cell battery;
culee, abutment pier (of a bridge);
ft dechiqueter, (expl.) pulper (gun cotton);
demontcr une to dismount , a battery;
a densite, gravity battery;
& deux liquides, two-fluid battery;
a eau, water cell;
clfctrique, electric battery;
e talon, standard battery;
fluviale, (pont.) river pier;
aalvanique, galvanic, electric, battery;
& gravite, gravity battery;
hydro-elcctrique, 'hydro-electric battery;
a immersion, plunge battery;
d' inflammation, (torp.) firing battery;
intermittente, v. des pares du genie;
de ligne, line battery;
monter une , to assemble and connect up a
battery;
& mortier, (powd.) bed of a powder mill;
- des pares (du genie), bichromate battery,
plunge battery (used as a firing battery in the
French army);
percee, (pont.) open pier;
plongeante, v. des pares du genie;
de polarisation, polarization, storage battery;
d'un pont, (pont.) bridge pier;
primaire, primary cell;
& renversement, reversing cell;
reversible, v. & renversement;
seche, dry battery ;
secondaire, accumulator, storage battery,
secondary battery;
terrestre ; earth battery;
thermo-electrigue, thermo-electric pile;
h un liquide, single-fluid cell;
de Volta., voUaique, voltaic battery.
piler, v. a., to pound, bruise;
menu, to break up small;
du poivrc, (mil. slang) to mark time (said of
the rear units of a column); (man.) to bump
up and down in the saddle, not to sit tight.
pileur, m., pounder, beater.
pilier, m., pillar; standard; pier (of a bridge);
post (in a stall); (man., in pi.) the posts between
which a sauteur (q. v.) is hitched;
anterieur, head post (in a stable); ;
d'assise, bed pile, foundation pile;
b(o)utant, (cons.) close buttress;
monter entre Us s, (man.) to take a turn on
the sauteur;
posterieur, heel post (in a stable);
sauter entre les s, (man.) to train a horse to
jump without losing or gaining ground (by
hitching him between the posts);
de station, (tech.) supporting station (rope
transmission).
pillage, m., plunder, pillage, looting;
abandonner, livrer, au , to give up to plunder.
pillard, m.. pillager, plunderer, looter; a., plundering,
pillaging.
pilier, v. a., to pillage; to plunder, loot.
pilleur, m., pillager, plunderer, looter.
pilon, m., stamp, pestle, crusher; (powd.) rammer;
(met.) shingling hammer; (mach.) hammer;
pilon atmospherique, (mach.) compressed-air hammer;
du bocard, (met.) stamp;
forger au , (met.) to work or forge under the
hammer;
marteav , v. s. v. marteau;
mecanique, (mach.) power hammer;
a planche de friction, (mach.) friction-roll
hammer;
d, vapeur, (mach.) steam hammer.
pilon(n)age, m., ramming; (mach.) hammering,
forging.
pilon(n)er, v. a., to ram (earth, concrete, etc.);
(mach.) to steam hammer, to hammer.
piloR(n)eur, m., workman who rams, etc.
pilonnier, m., man who works a steam hammer.
pilot, m., pile;
d'ancrage, anchoring pile;
appointer un , to point a pile;
arracher les s, to draw piles;
baltre les , to drr e piles;
de bordage, gauge, gauged, pile;
coiffer les , to cap piies;
enfoncer les , to drive piles;
faux , false pile, used for sinking a pile below
level of the ram or driver;
ferrer le bout d'un , to shoe a pile;
defondement, foundation pile;
fretter un , to hoop a pile;
de grillage, foundation pile of a grating;
mettre un en fiche, to plant, drive, a pile;
pointe de . foot of a pile;
de pont, bridge pile;
h rainure, sheet pile;
de rempjage, de retenue, filling pile;
retirer les s, to draw piles;
sabot de , shoe of a pile;
saboter un , to shoe a pile;
de support, foundation pile of a grating;
tete de -, head, top, of a pile.
pilotage, m., pile driving; piling, pile work; pilotage,
pilot office;
bois de , pile timber, piling;
droits de , pilot fees;
d'entr,ee, inward pilotage;
de I'Etat, government pilotage;
Jiauturier,sea. pilotage;
d niveau du terrain, flush (foundation) piling,
obligatoire, compulsory pilotage;
avec pieux saillants, projecting pile work;
de sortie, outward pilotage.
pilote, m., pilot;
autorise, licensed pilot;
de canal, channel pilot;
cotier, coasting pilot;
de glace, ice master;
Jtauturier, v. de mer;
lamaneur. v. cotier;
major, pilot master;
de mer, sea pilot;
de port, dock, harbor, pilot;
pratique, unlicensed pilot;
rec.u, licensed pilot;
de riviere, river pilot.
pUotcr, v. a., to pile; to drive piles; to strengthen
with piles; to pilot a ship;
le terrain, to drive piles into the ground (as
for a foundation).
pilotin, m., pilot apprentice.
pilotis, m., pile; set of piles, piling;
d'ancre, anchoring picket;
de bordage, border pile;
creux, hollow pile;
de garde, fender piles;
ouvrage de , pile work;
pont de , v. s. v. pont:
de retenue, cofferdam piling;
& vis_, screw pile.
pin, in., pine (tree and wood);
blanc, white pine;
jaune, yellow pine;
de mature^ Norway pine;
de poix, pitch pine;
rouge, red pine, Norway pine;
d trochets, v. de poix.
pinasse, f., pinnace.