A French-English Military Dictionary - Sturmpanzer.com

point 337 pointe
point d'appui, support, prop, fulcrum; center of
motion (as of a balance); (mas.) pillar, column,
any isolated supporting mass of masonry;
(man.) center of motion;
d'arret, stop;
arriere, back stitch;
d'arrivee, (nav.) point sailed to; destination;
d'aspect, point of view;
de bifurcation, fork;
broche, stitch, in a flat seam;
s cardinaux, cardinal points;
de chainette, chain stitch;
s de chaussure, number of a shoe, (strictly,
a division of a shoemaker's rule);
- de clef, crown (point) of an arch;
de concours, (opt.) point of convergence (of
rays); '.;' '_.
de congelation, freezing point;
consequent, (elec.) consequent point;
- -de contact, point of contact;
corrige, (nav.) corrected position;
s courants, (drawing) a broken line;
d'une courroie, hole (of a strap);
culminant, culminating point; (top.) dividing
ridge;
debout, stitch in a round seam;
de depart, initial point; starting point or
post; (mach.) the points, lines, or surfaces
serving to fix the work on the operating machine;
(nav.) point sailed from;
de ! destination, destination (of a ship);
devant, darning stitch;
de dispersion, (opt.) point of dispersion (of
rays);
d' ebullition, boiling point;
d'equilibre, center of gravity;
sequinoxiaux, equinoctial points;
estime, (nav.) position of the ship by dead
reckoning;
faire le, son, , (nav.) to prick (the position of
the ship on the chart or map) ;
faufde, backstitch ;
fixe, fulcrum; (surv.) fixed, permanent, point
in triangulation;
- s fixes, fixed points on a thermometer, etc.;
fixe, (surv.) fixed point, permanent point,
in triangulation;
dejroid, freezing point;
defuite, vanishing point;
de fusion, fusing point;
fuyant, vanishing point;
gcodesique, (surv.) triangulation point (i. e.,
an accurately determined point);
b, de Hongrie, (carp.) miter-laid;
d'honneur, pundonor;
d'incidence, (opt.) point of incidence;
d' intersection, point of intersection;
dejonction, meeting point;
dujour, break of day;
marquant, (top., etc.) conspicuous point;
mettre au , (inst.) to focus;
(du) milieu, (mach.) middle point of an arbor
or shaft, of a trunnion, etc. ;
mort, (mach.) dead point, dead center; (of
a balloon) moment or instant of rest (in oscillations);
mort d'une scie, point of a saw where the
toethstop;
de mouvement, center of motion, fulcrum;
du navire, (nav.) ship's position on the chart;
de nivcau, extremity of a horizontal line;
noir, threatening cloud;
observe, (nav.) ship's position by observa-
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tion;
d'ombre, brilliant sun spot (in getting meridian
by corresponding altitudes of the sun);
de partage, (top.) dividing ridge; watershed;
perdu, (sitrv.) temporary point (of reference)
in triangulation;
pique j middle stitch;
-principal de triangulation, (surv.) principal
station, primary triansjulation point;
radieux, (opt.) radiant point;
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point de reflexion, (opt.) point of reflection;
de refraction, (opt.) point of refraction;
derepere, bench mark; reference-, datumpoint;
de rosee, dew point;
secondaire de triangulation, (surv.) secondary
vertex or point;
de section, v. d' intersection;
de sen age, (mach.) point where work is held
or re"eives pressure, etc.;
s solstitiaux, solstitial points;
de soudure, soldering seam;
de suspension, point of suspension;
de sustentation, point of support;
de tout , completely;
trigonometrique, (surv.) point determined
trigonometrically ;
de vaporisation, evaporation point;
s verticaux, the zenith and nadir;
de vue, point of view; (opt.) focus.
pointage, m., (art.) aiming, pointing; art of laying
guns; (nav.) pricking one's position on a map or
chart.
(The following terms relate to artillery:)
arc de , elevating arc;
appareil de lateral, side sights;
en chasse, (nav. art.) laying (a gun) on ob>ect
in front of bows;
cordeau de , chalk line;
direct, direct aiming;
direct ft la hausse, direct aiming by sights;
en direction, aiming in direction;
Icole de , aiming drill:
exercices de , aiming drill;
au filti plomb, laying by plumb;
& la hausse, laying by sights;
- en hauteur, aiming for elevation;
horizontal, laying point blank;
indirect, indirect aiming;
lateral, lateral aiming; aiming for direction;
side aiming, i. e., with side sights;
b la manivelle, aiming corrected by turns (or
fractions of turns) of the elevating-screw handwheel;
minutieux, fine, accurate aiming;
negatif, depression (act of);
au niveau, quadrant aiming;
de nuit, night aiming;
positif, elevation (act of);
en retraite, (nav. art.) laying a gun on object
astern;
vertical, aiming for elevation;
vis de volant de , , elevating screw.
pointal, m., prop, upright stay; (art.) firing support
or strut (on some carriages);
de levier, fulcrum.
pointe, f., point, tapering point; tack, sprig, wire
nail; point of a bit, auger, etc.; double-pointed
pick; oit, boring bit; point of a blade; gore (of
cloth); point of the compass; dawn, break of
day; (top., hydr.) point of land, point of land
at the confluence of two rivers; foreland, promontory;
top, peak (of a mountain); (mach.) center
point of a movable poppet; pivot of a vertical
shaft; (mm.) boring bit; (fenc.) thrust, point;
(mil.) extremity of a wing; point (of an advanced
guard); rapid, bold advance beyond or
off the line of operations; (art.) point of a star
rge; (man.) a synonym olcabrer, q. v.;
aes armes, by force, by force of arms;
de 1'arc.on, (ham.) saddletree point;
-d'arri&re-garde, (mil.) rear-guard point;
d'avant-garde, (mil.) advance-guard point;
basse, (hydr.) low point or spit;
de bastion, (fort. ) bastion salient;
conductrice, center point of a boring bit;
decceur, (r.r.) tongue of a frog;
s collectrices , (elec.) collecting points;
coup de , (fenc.) saber thrust;
couper la , (fenc.) to pass one's point over the
adversary's blade;
de diamant, diamond point, glazier's diamond;
a la de Vipee, v.dla des armes;
etre en , (mil.) to be (march) in front or on
the side of the main body of troops;