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planchette 331 plaque
planchette graduce de pointage, (art.) aiming
scale, pointing scale;
de hausse, (sm. a.) sight leaf;
d' inflammation, (art.) little tongue of wood
used in some shrapnel or shell to facilitate
the combustion of the burster and to prevent
its caking;
de lever
; (inst.) plane table; - d'objectif, (pliot?) lens board; - orientee, (inst.) plane table, oriented set to
or on given bearings; - photographique, (inst.) photographic plane
- portc-armements, (art.) small equipment tray
(of an ammunition chest) ; - depression, (art.) in an ammunition chest,
a strip or plank pressed down on the contents
to keep them from - moving;
. & regie d curseur, (art.) a scale giving angles
of elevation and the distance apart of the
collars on a regleci curseur, q. v.;
- de reperage. v. -- de tir; - de soutien,'any block or bit of wood, etc.,
placed under a tie or strap to assist in bearing
the stress;
- de tir, (Fr. art.) range-laying scale (gives
elevation, direction, charge, and time of flightconsists
of a map, 1:20000, of the field of fire,
suitably mounted, graduated, etc., to furnish
the necessary indications) ;
ft trous, (sm. a.) pierced plank or tray for
holding cartridges.
planfon, m., plank timber.
plane, f., chisel, turning chisel; spokeshave; drawing
knife; m., plane (tree); - de charron, spokeshave.
planer, v. a., to smooth, planish; (of a balloon)
to soar over (a position, etc.);
machine &- , jointing machine.
planeuse, f., jointing machine.
planigraphe, m., (inst.) planigraph.
plammStre, m., planimeter.
planimetrie, f., mensuration, planimetry; operation
of making a plat or plan of a given region.
planitude, f., flatness;
des champs, (opt.) flatness of field.
planom6tre, m., planometer, surface plate.
plantaire, a., (hipp.) plantar.
plantation, f., planting; plantation of trees; (fort.)
trees, shrubs, etc., used to screen a work.
plants, p. p., erect;
bien-
, well situated, placed;
poil - , (hipp.) staring coat, hair erect, brist-
ling.
planter, v. a., to plant, set, fix, set up; to place,
drive in; (cons.) to prepare a foundation; (fort )
to set (palisades, etc.);
des echelles, to plant or set - up ladders;
un Edifice, (cons.) to begin the construction
of a building;
'I'etcnuard, (mil.) to set up or raise the standard,
the flag (over a captured town, a work
carried by assault, etc;.); - le
piquet, to encamp, take up one's quarters.
planton, m., (mil.) orderly; - h cheval, mounted orderly;
- de conseil de guerre, orderly of a court-mar-
etre de- to be , on as orderly.
plaque, f., plate; slab; sheet of metal, leaf of metal,
star of an order; (met., etc.) back, back plate;
(art.) face plate; (nav.,fort.) armor plate; (sm.
a.) sword-belt plate; part of guard surrounding
the hand; (unif.) helmet-, cap-plate; (r. r.)
sole (of a railway chair).
I. Artillery, etc.; II. Miscellaneous.
I. Artillery, etc.: - en
acier,
steel armor plate;
d'apput, (art.) face plate; wheel - guard}
d'appui de erosse, (art.) trail - plate;
d'appui mobile, (r.f. art.) - spring bar;
d appui .
d'obturateur, , (art.) obturator plate,
gas plate; - d*armons, (art.) foreguide plate;
plaque d'arret, (art.) stop or keep plate of an ammunition
box;
de blindage t armor plate;
d boutonniere(s), (unif.) end of shoulder
(cuirass) strap;
de butee, (art.) front part or face of the firing
pin recess (canon d, balles);
carree, (art.) trail transom plate;
de ceinturon, (mil.) waist-belt plate; swordbelt
plate;
de coin, (art.) wedge plate of the Krupp
fermeture;
de combat, (nav.) shot plug;
(en) compound, compound armor plate;
de contact, (torp.) circuit-closing plate (of a
ball-contac t circuit closer) ;
de couche, (sm. a.) butt plate;
de crosse, (art.) trail
plate;
de cuirasse, de cuirassement, armor plate;
de culasse, (art.) breech plate, rear barrel
plate (HotchMss,etc.);
de declanchement, (art.) firing-pin plate
(canon 6 balles, etc.);
de dessous, (art.) bottom plate (of a trail);
bottom axle plate;
de dessus, (art.) top plate (of a trail);
directrice, (r.f. art.) breechblock;
d'embrasure, (fort.) port plate;
d'epaulement, (Fr. art.) upper reenforce of
the pry pole of the steel gin ;
d'epreuve, (art.) proof or test plate;
d' extraction, (art.) base plate of Boker cartridge,
by which it was extracted;
fausse d'appui, (art.) inserted face plate;
enfer, iron armor plate;
enfer et en acier, compound plate (armor);
enferforge, wrought-iron armor plate;
enfer lamine. laminated armor plate;
enfonte durcie, chilled cast-iron armor plate;
de front, (r.f. art.) front barrel plate;
defondation, (art.} base plate;
s de garde-champetre, (mil. slang) old sergeant's
stripes;
de garniture, (art.) axle strap; garnish plate;
ti godet, ( Fr. art.) sort of embarring or maneu-
vering plate (obs.);
de hausse, (art.)
(German artillery);
elevation plate
or slide
d'identite, (mil.) identification tag or plate;
isolante, (art.) curved sheet of metal formerly
used with muzzle-loading rifle, surrounding
rear of cylindrical part of projectile
to prevent ballotting (obs.) .
;
de large, steering rudder (of a torpedo) ;
de lunette, (art.) pintle plate;
mixte, compound armor plate;
mortierti, v. , s. v. mortier;
en nickel-acier nickel-steel armor , plate;
ft oreillcs, (art.) metallic base plate
of French
bolte & mitraille; hinge plate and lugs of a breechloading
gun; (sm. a.) repeating-mechanism
plate (of the Lebel rifle);
de pivot, (art.) pivot plate;
de plomb, (art.) leaden vent apron;
- - de pont, (nav.) deck armor plate;
pontet, (sm. a.) trigger and plate;
porte-cartouche, (r.f. art.) cartridge plate;
de poulie, (art.) pulley-supporting plate (of
agin);
de protection, (r.f. art.) deflector;
de recouvremcnt, (art.) face plate; breech cap
(Krupp fermeture); (sm. a.) frame cap, side
plate (of a revolver);
de recouvrement d'essieu, (art.) top axle
plate;
de reperage, (art.) sort of deflection scale
(German artillery);
de semelle, (art.) swing, bedplate;
surcementee. face-hardened armor plate;
de tete, (art.) top or head plate of a gin;
deteted'affut, (art.) breast transom, front
transom;
de tir, (art.) face plate;