A French-English Military Dictionary - Sturmpanzer.com

, (mil.) extreme point of the
pointe, extreme - advance guard;
faire une- (mil.) to make a movement (generally
bold and rapid) beyond one's lines of
operations; (men.) (of the horse) to leave the
circle or track of the ring; - defeu, (hipp.) firing needle or iron;
- fixe, (mach.) dead center, dead point, of a
lathe; - b, graver, drawing point;
grosse-
, double-pointed pick; _ du guidon, (sm. a.) point of the fore sight;
hauteur de-
, (mach.) swing; - dujour, dawn; - morte, v.^fixe;
_ d'officier(s), (mil.) small detachment of
officers sent out on exploration service when
near the enemy;
parer de la - , (fence.) to ward off the adversary's
point; - de Paris, French nail, wire nail;
- de pave, fork-shaped junction of two street
gutters; - percutante, (torp.) nose; - du pied, point of the foot;
prendre entre-s, (mach.) to swing;
- rivee, clinched point;
tattler en- to , taper;
terminer en-
, to taper; - de terre, (hydr.) foreland, cape, headland,
point;
--de toile, gore; - de tour, (mach.) lathe point; - h tracer, scribe, drawing point, tracing point;
tranchante, nicker of a centerbit;
--et-tranche, pick; - de vent, light breeze.
pointe, m., (inst.) sighting, directing, pointing (of
an instrument, as a transit); (fenc.) thrust
(bayonet exercise).
pointeau, m., punch or stamping tool; center
punch;
coup de- , nick, notch, cut; punch mark.
pointeinent, m., outcrop; appearance (on the
surface, in a flame, etc.); (art.) pointing, laying,
of guns (rare).
pointer, v. a. n., to prick, pierce, mark, stick; to
spear; to check on a list; to mark or check a
list of names (present and absent); to point
(i. e., direct upon, as a telescope, etc.); (art.) to
lay or aim a gun; (pointer is to lay a gun; viser
is to dispose the piece so as to see the target
through the sights); (fenc.) to strike with the
point, thrust; (man.) to rear; (mach.) to mark
the center or points of support in lathe work;
(carp.) to mark out work, transfer dimensions,
etc., from a working drawing; - en avant, (fenc.) to thrust (bayonet exercise);
- en belle, (nav.) to aim a gun at the hull;
- de but en blanc, (art.) to aim point blank;
- les canons, (art.) to aim; - la carte, to off
prick
in the chart, to prick
(the position of a point on) the chart;
- en chasse, (nav. art.) to aim forward of the
beam; - en direction, (art.) to aim in direction, to give
the direction;
to, la hausse, (art.) to lay by the sights;
- en hauteur, (art.) to give the elevation;
d la manivelle, (art.) to lay a gun (i. e., correct
the aim) by the elevating hand-wheel;
- au niveau, (art.) to lay by quadrant;
- en plein bois, v.- en belle;
taillcr en- , to sharpen, to sharpen to a point.
point(e)rolle, f., (min.) miner's pitching tool;
poll picks.
polnteur, m., (art.) cannoneer who aims the
piece, gunner (U. S. Art.); No. 1 (R. A.);
aide--
, ( Fr. art.) assistant gunner;
formation des-s, training of gunners;
maltre--
, ( Fr. art.) master gunner;
jtolnteur-servant cannoneer who , assists the eunner,
No. 3 (U. S. Art.).
338 pole
pointier, m., (cons.) (vertical) scaffolding pole,
poin tillage, m., dotting, stippling.
pointiM, p. p., dotted, stippled; m., dotting,
stippling;
au , en , drawn dotted.
pointiller, v. a. to dot, to stipple.
pointu, a., pointed, sharp-peaked, sharp-pointed.
pointu-carre', m., (mil. slang) stick-in-the-mud.
pointure, f., size of shoes, etc.; mark, tag, or labe
showing size and class of shoes, clothes , etc.).
poire, f., pear; powder horn; ball, weight
yard; bulb;
d'amorce, priming horn (obs.);
de buttoir, (r. r.) buffer box;
r de caoutchouc, rubber bulb;
de degonflement, (balloon) releasing bulb;
fifeu, (artif.) smoke ball;
a poudre, powder flask (obs.);
roued tub , wheel;
* secretes, (harn.) pear bit.
poirier, m., pear (tree and wood),
pois, m..pea;
chicne, chick-pea.
poison, m., poison.
poisser, v. a., to pitch, to wax (a thread).
poisseaux, a., pitchy, pitch-like.
poisson, m., fish.
of a steel-
poitrail, m., (hipp.) chest; (harn.) breast harness;
breast plate, (cons.) girder; beam; lintel; breast
summer; capping plate; (tech.) breastplate (of
a drill);
arme, (cons.) trussed girder;
corps de , (harn.) body of a breast strap;
enfonce, (hipp.) hollow chest;
de harnats, (harn.) breastplate, breast piece,
breast strap;
large de , (hipp.) broad-chested;
montant de , (harn.) upright strap
of a breast
strap; supporting strap.
poitrine,f., breast, chest; (met.) breast or front of
a furnace;
d'acier, (mil. slang) cuirassier;
d'enclume, anvil pillar;
defond, (hipp.) chest in which the ribs come
down below the level of the elbow;
pres de terre, v. defond;
de velours, (mil. slang) engineer officer.
poitriniere, f., (harn.) breast strap.
poivre, m., pepper;
piler du , (mil. slang) to mark time.
poix, f., pitch;
batarde, v. noire;
blanche, de Bourgogne, Burgundy pitch;
elastique, india rubber;
grasse, y. blanche;
de Judee, asphalt;
juive, asphalt, Jew's pitch;
minerale, mineral tar;
navale, v. noire;
noire, common black pitch;
resine, rosin;
seche, hard pitch; stone pitch.
polaire, a., polar; (elec.) polar; f ., pole star;
charbons s, (elec.) electric-light carbons;
etotte , pole star;
surface , (elec.) polar surface.
polarimetre,m., (inst.) polarimeter, polariscope.
polarisateur, a., polarizing.
polarisation, f., (elec., opt.) polarization;
courant de , (elec.) polarization current.
polariscope, m., (inst.) polariscope.
polariser, v. a., (elec., opt.) to polarize.
polariseur, m., (opt.) polarizer
polarite, f., (elec.) polarity;
renversement de , change of polarity;
renverser la , to reverse the polarity.
pflle, m., pole; (elec.) pole;
de Vaimant, magnetic pole;
d'aimantation, pole of magnetization;
chercheur de , pole finder , indicator;
* consequents, consequent poles;
indicateur de , v. chercheur de ;