A French-English Military Dictionary - Sturmpanzer.com

piston 328 place
piston a rainures, grooved piston;
rccepteur, main piston;
rcssort de .
, packing spring;
& simple effet, single-action piston;
& soupape(s), valve piston;
soupape de , piston valve;
'suedois, Swedish piston;
T(e) de (tige de.) , piston-rod crosshead;
tete du , piston crosshead;
d age, rod piston;
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tige de A
, piston rod;
tige compensatrice, (art.) compensating
piston;
tournant, radial piston or plate (as of an
oscillating pump);
& vapeur, steam piston.
pitaine-crayon, m., (slang), orderly who waits
on drawing classes (Ecole Polytechnique).
pitance, f.. (Fr. a.) soldier's expression
share 01 the ration.-
for his
pitchpin, m., Georgia pine, yellow pine.
pite, f., Agave americana; coir; m., hemp, cordage,
made from the agave.
ptthomfctre, m., cask gauge.
piton, m., eyebolt, ringbolt, screw ring, ring,
eye; (top..) peak, top, of a mountain; sharp
point or crag or spur; cone- or point-shaped
mountain;
d'affut, (art.) eyebolt on a carriage;
d'amarrage, anchoring eyebolt;
b anneau, eyebolt, ringbolt;
s et anneaux, (sm. a.) loops and rings (of a
scabbard);
b, boucle, ringbolt;
cane, crutch;
de chargement, packing eye or ring;
de clameau, cramp-iron eyebolt;
b, croc, hook bolt;
b, crochet, ring hook;
double, double eyebolt;
bfourche, shackle bolt; crutch;
de ganse, (art.) carrying ring and bolt (projectile);
b ceuil, eyebolt;
de retour, (art.) guide ring (for a lanyard);
de sellette, (art.) baggage-strap staple;
de tirant, eye of a cramp;
b vis, screw eyebolt;
a vis & bois, wood screw eyebolt.
pitte, f., coir;
cordage en , coir rope.
pivot, m.. pivot, axis, spindle; pin, stud; taproot
ofa tree; stud (or phi) of a spring in general;
(mil.) pivot; (sm. a.) bridle stud;
abattre un arbre en , to fell a tree through its
taproot;
affuth , (art.) pivot carriage;
d'un arbre. (mach.) journal, gudgeon;
d' articulation, (mach.) shipper dog;
assembler & , to pivot together;
avance, (art.) embrasure pivot;
de boussole, center pin of a compass;
de cabestan, spindle of a capstan;
canond, , (fff&Jffwlvel gun;
de compos, v. de boussole:
fixe, (mil.) fixed pivot;
fourche , (art.) fork pivot;
afourchette, (art.) fork pivot;
hydraulique, (fort., mach., art., etc.) hydraulic
pivot;
de manoeuvres, (fort.) a fortified position regarded
as a pivot m the operations of an army;
mobile, movable pivot;
monte sur , pivoted;
mouvant, (mil.) movable pivot;
i mouvant, (mil.) on a movable pivot;
de la noix, (sm. a.) tumbler stuof;
du ressort de batterie, (sm. a.) hammerspring
stud;
stralegique, (fort.) a name sometimes given
to a fortress or fortified position in virtue of
its influence on strategical operations;
.v,//)/,orJ, (r. f. art.) pivoting support.
plvotement, m., (art.) pivoting (ease of training
or tra > ersing).
pivoter, v. n., to pivot; to fell a tree through its
taproot; (mil. slang) to be drilled, to be on
fatigue;
faire to slue.
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placate, m., (carp.) veneering; (fort.) rammed
earth facing; (cons.) facing wall (against a
backing of rock); (met.) plating; (ma*.) loam
rnortar.
placaque, m., (mas.) loam mortar.
placard, m., placard; (diplomatic) document on
parchment and not folded; sort of flat pulley;
galley proof; cupboard (nav.) scupper leather;
(carp.) panel.
placard er, v. a., to placard; (carp.) to panel.
place, f., space, room, ground; seat (in a tram,
etc.); spot; stall (in a stable); square (of a
town); to%vn; change (commercial); employment,
office, post, position, place, standing
(in one's class); (mil.) fortified town or position;
garrison town;
d'appni, (mil.) position of support in military
operations; (fort.) a position supporting a &
camp rctranche, q. v.; a supporting fort;
d'armes, (mil.) parade, parade ground; open
space or place of assembly in the center of a
town; general parade or assembling ground of a
camp or cantonment; alarm post; frontier
town serving as a depot of supplies; (fort.)
place of arms; (siege) parallel; (sometimes)
approaches;
d'armes rentrante, (fort.) reentrant place of
arms;
d'armes retranchee, (fort.) retrenched place
of arms;
d'armes saillante, (fort.) salient place of arms;
artillerie de , garrison artillery ;
s basses, (fort.) the lower part (casemates,
etc.) of a bastion flank;
batterie de , v. s. v., batterie;
a camp retranche, (fort.) position or city
defended by a camp retra'nche, q. v.;
a cdnture de forts, (fort.) a position surrounded
by a girdle of forts;
de la chaudiere, (steam) boiler room;
- comptable, (mil.) depot of issue and of receipt;
(Fr. art.) arrondissement where a garde d'artillerie
is stationed;
de depot, (fort.) generic term for fortifications
considered as centers of supply or as supply
depots;
avec enceinte et ceinture de forts, v. a forts
detaches;
d'essieu, letting up for the axletree;
- d'exercice, (mil.) drill ground;
forte, (fort,) fortress; fortified town;
& forts detaches, (fort.) usual name of a modern
fortified position (consisting of an interior
position, enceinte or noyau, and an exterior line
efforts);
ft fosses d'eau. (fort.) fort with wet ditches;
d fosses sees, (fort.) fort with dry ditches;
-frontier e, (fort.) frontier fort, position, town;
de garnison, (mil.) garrison town;
grandes s, high offices of the go* ernment;
de guerre, (fort.) fortified town; fortified
place or position (isolated fort);
Jiomme en , a high-placed ollicial;
de la machine, (mach.) engine room;
de manoeuvre, (fort.) a name given to fortifications
with reference to their influence on
operations;
b manoeuvres d'eau, (fort.) a fort whose ditches
may be filled with or emptied of water at will;
maritime, a military port ;
mettre en , to stow away, put into its proper
place; to prepare, organize;
mise en , putting in place, stowage;
mobile, v.forteresse mobile;
ouverte, (mil.) open town;
ouverte avec forts exterieurs, (fort. ) open town
defended by exterior forts;
& ouvrages detaches, (fort.) town surrounded
by detached works;