A French-English Military Dictionary - Sturmpanzer.com

portc-fraisc 345 porter
porte-fraise, a. , (mach.) fraise, or reamer holding,
etc.; m., (mach.) reamer holder; milling-tool
holder;
arbre , spindle of a milling machine.
porte-fusfe, m., (mil. m,in. ) fuse holder (in priming
boxes, etc.).
porte-fusil, m., (sm. a.) device for carrying a gun
on a bicycle.
porte-gamelle, m., ( Fr. a.) gamelle holder for men
on guard, on duty.
porte-gargousse, m., (art.) pass box.
porte-giberne, (mil.} cartridge-box belt.
porte-gouvernail, m., (pont.) steering-post of a
pontoon boat.
porte-grenade, m., (mil.) grenade pouch.
porte-grosse-caisse, m., bass-drum strap.
porte-gtilde, m:, (harn.) driving rein (i. e., outer
rein in double harness).
porte-guidon, m., (mil.) guidon bearer; (art.,
sm. a.) front-sight mass or holder; a., sightholding.
porte-hache, m., (mil.) ax case; also, ax carrier;
de cimpcment, cavalry ax case.
porte-isolateur, m.,(teleg.) pin (of an insulator).
porte-lame, m ., (much.) cutter head, boring head.
porte-lance, m., (art.) portfire holder (obs.);
(mil.) lance bucket, lance strap.
porte-lanterne, m., lantern holder or support.
porte-lettres, m., letter case.
porte-Ioupe, m., magnifying-glass stand or stem.
porte-ltimifcre, m., heliostat.
porte-lunette, m., (mach.) poppet head.
porte-madriers, m., (pont.) chess carrier.
porte-mandrin, m.,(mach.) chuck holder; spindle.
porte-mangcr, m., meal tin.
porte-manteau, (mil. and gen.) valise; saddlebags;
portmanteau; clothes hook; (nav.) stern boat.
porte-masselotte, m., ( art. ) plunger-sleeve holder.
porte-matrice, m., (mach.) matrix bed or holder.
porte-mfcche, m., (mach.) bit holder.
porte-mire, m., (surv.) rodman.
porte-molette, m., (mach.) milling-tool rest.
porte-montre, m., watch holder of a bicycle;
watch stand in general.
porte-mors, m., (harn.) heading rein; bit ring;
cheek billet, cheek piece (of a bit);
anneau , bit ring.
porte-mousqueton, m., (sm. a.) carbine hook or
swivel; snap hook.
porte-niveau, m., level arm.
porte-objectif, m., (inst.) objective holder.
porte-obus, m., (art.) shell compartment of an
ammunition chest; (mach.) shell holder (of a
shell-fitting press).
porte-oculaire, m., (inst.) eyepiece holder.
porte-oeilleton, m., (inst.) eyepiece holder.
porte-outil, m., (mach.) tool holder; cutter bar;
head stock; tool rest; (art.) sort of tool frame
for transport of tools.
porte-percuteur, m., (r. f. art.) U-shaped bolt of
the Gardner gun.
porte-piece, a., m., (mach.) work holding or carrying;
work holder, table.
porte-pied, m., pedal.
porte-pioche, m., (mil.) pickax case.
porte-pistolet, m., (mil. min.) bit holder, borer
clamp.
porte-plate-longe, a., maille , (harn.) link or
eye through which the plate-longe is passed.
porte-plume, m., penholder.
porte-poignee, m., (r.f. art.) lower part of shoulder
piece of a rapid-fire gun (part that carries the
gripe).
porte-poincon, m., (mach.) punch holder.
porte-pompon, m., (unif.) pompon socket.
porte-poutrelles, m., (pont.) balk carrier.
porte-poutres, m., v. porte-poutrelles.
porter, v. a. n., to support, sustain, bear, carry,
transport, take; to expend; to suffer, stand; to
bear up. be supported by, rest, lie, lean on; to
bear (of a frozen river, etc.); to wear (a coat, a
sword); to carry (a pistol); to carry, reach (of
sound or light); to set (as a current); to prick
(a bearing on a chart); to measure (as so many
feet); (adm., mil.) to inscribe, carry (as on a
muster roll), hence to recommend (for promotion,
a decoration, etc.); (mas.) of a stone, to
have such and such dimensions; (art.,sm.a.)
to hit, to range, to carry; (hence, fig.) to take
effect, do execution; (mach.) to come into bearing;
(nav.) to mount (so many guns); (cord.)
to nip;
I'arme, (drill) to "carry arms;"
Us armes, (mil.) to be a soldier; to make war;
un arret, to make a decision;
en avant, (man.) to go forward, advance;
se en avant, (mil., etc.) to forge ahead, advance
;
la barbe, to wear a beard;
has, (man.) to carry the head low;
bateau, (of a river) to be navigable;
beau, (man.) to carry the head well;
bien son plomb, (sm. a.) to make a small pattern;
une botte, (fenc.) to make a thrust;
(tant de) bouches & feu, (nav.) to carry (so
many) guns;
le cap d, (nav.) to head for;
la carabine d la grenadiere, (sm. a.) to sling
carbine;
son cheval, (man.) to keep up, sustain, one's
horse;
en compte, to charge to;
d cru, to be built or resting on the ground;
en corbellement, v. dfaux;
un coup, to deal a blowjL
un coup d'epee, (fenc.) to make a thrust;
le deuil (de), to be in mourning (for);
I'epee, (mil.) to be an officer;
h faux, to be out of plumb; to o^erhang^ to
ect (as a balcony, a turret); (cord.) to bear
pro :
badly;
desfers, to be a slave;
& fond, to be erected from the ground, to rest
on the foundation;
& gauche (droite), to bear off to the left (or
right);
haut, (man.) to make one's horse carry his
head high; (of the horse) to carry his head high;
juste, (art., sm. a.) to hit the target;
la lance, (mil.) to " carry lance;"
une loi, to enact a law;
malade, (mil.) to put on the sick report;
moustache, to wear a moustache;
le mousquct, (mil.) to be a soldier;
le nez au vent, v. au vent:
au nord, etc., (nav.) to stand to the northward,
etc.;
le pavilion de , (nav.) to fly (such and
such) colors;
& plat, to lie or bear flat (as saddle bar on back
of horse);
pour, to recommend or propose (for promotion,
etc.);
reglement sur, (mil.) to fix regulations for;
unrelevement sur, to prick or lay off a bearing;
la robe, to be a magistrate;
en route, (nav.) to lay the course;
le sabre, (drill) to "carry saber;"
en saillie, v. to, faux;
en sautoir, to wear crosswise (as shoulder
belts);
se to , go; to comport one's self; to declare
one's self; to be a candidate, to run, to stand;
se a, to advance to (an attack);
se en avant, to press forward;
sur, to bear against (one part against another);
(nav.) to steer or stand for;
(tant) de tonneaux, (nav.) to carry (so many)
tons;
d terre, (nav.) to stand for the shore;