A French-English Military Dictionary - Sturmpanzer.com

abattre 365 ra final
rabattre un defaut, (law) to annul a finding of
contempt;
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se , to turn down (as a collar);
se surf (mil.) to fall back on;
un volant, (mach.) to make the upper part
of a fly-wheel turn toward the steam cylinder.
rabattu, p. p., flattened, smoothed;
epee e, olunted sword (has neither edge nor
point).
rabiau, rabio, rabiot, m., (mil. slang) what is left
of food after all have had their share; profits on
forage, food supplies, etc.; remainder of a term
of service; term of service in a compagnie de discipline;
convalescent soldier.
Table, m., rake, stirrer, stirring iron or bar; (met.)
rabble; (ponl.) Irame;
en bois, wooden skimmer for metal in fusion;
ti crochet, enfer, (met.) rabble, rabbling
tool;
& main, (met.) rabbling tool;
mecanique, (met.) mechanical rabbler.
rftbler, v. a., to stir, rake, a fire; (met., etc.) to
rabble;
le platre, to clear plaster of Paris of coals.
rablure, f., rabbet, channel, grooving.
rabot, m., plane; jack plane; road scraper; hard
paving stone; sort of hoe for stirring and mixing
mortar; (met.) stirrer (used during the washing
of ores); (powd.) spreader;
a baguette, (am. a.) ramrod-groove plane;
a canon, (sm. a.) barrel plane;
& chaux, sort of hoe for mixing mortar;
coin de , plane wedge;
d diamanl, diamond pencil;
diamant d , glazier's diamond;
d'etabli, bench plane;
fer de plane iron;
hfcuilleret, rabbet plane;
fut de , plane stock;
d gorge, spout plane;
lumiere de , plane-iron hole;
meche de , v. fer de ;
d m itre, miter plane;
plat, smoothing plane;
a rainure, grooving plane;
h repasser, v. plat;
rond, compass plane.
rabotage, m., planing; (sm. a.) smoothing (of the
lands).
rabotement, m., planing.
raboter, v. a., to plane, plane down; (fan.) to rasp
a hoof;
la course, (ball.) in constructing a trajectory,
to cause the curve to pass as nearly as possible
through the observed points;
machine & , planing machine;
le mortier, to beat mortar;
a travers, to plane across the grain.
raboteur, m., planer (workman).
raboteuse, f., (mach.) planing machine;
de cote, horizontal slotter or planer;
tour, vertical lathe;
verticale, slotting machine.
raboteux, a., rough, uneven (as the ground, a road);
knotty, knotted (of wood, planks, etc.).
raboture, f., shaving.
rabougri, a., (of trees) stunted, crooked.
rabougrir, v. a. n., to stunt, to be stunted (of
trees).
rabouter, v. a., to join on, end to end (of ironwork) ;
(mach.) to ferrule.
raboutissage, m., joining end to end (of ironwork).
rabraquer, v. a., (cord.) to haul in anew.
racage, m., (nav.) parrel.
racambeau, m., (nav.) traveler.
racastillage, m., (nav.) repair of the upper works.
racastiller, v. a., (nav.) to repair the upper works).
raccommodage, m., repair, repairing.
raccommoder, v. a., to repair, mend, piece, patch,
set right, correct.
raccord, m., (tech.) joining, junction, union, leveling,
smoothing; adjustment, adjusting; joint,
flush joint, assembling or connecting joint;
coupling (as of tubes); connecting pipe; (elec.)
connecter;
de rail, (r. r.) rail joint;
& vis, union (for ho.se, etc.).
raccordement, m., junction, joining; (tech.)
coupling (as of tubes, etc.), joint (of wires),
connecting pipe; (art.) junction cone, chamber
slope, compression slope; (sm. a.) junction
slope or cone between the body and the neck
of a cartridge; (mil.) establishment of contact
between troops that have concentrated for
any purpose (esp. for night attacks); (mrv.)
junction of twotriangulations; (r.r.) junction (of
the tracks, of the rails);
cone de , (art.) junction cone;
courbe de , junction curve.
raccorder, v. a., to join; to level, adjust, smooth,
unite; to make parts agree; to make flush.
raccourci, m. , foreshortening ; any short cut ; (r . r. )
short line making a short cut between two
points;
en , foreshortened.
raccourcir, v. a. n.. to shorten, take up, contract,
draw up, abridge, foreshorten; to become
shorter, shrink;
la bride, (man.) to shorten the reins;
un cheval, (man.) to slacken the gait; to keep
a horse down;
un cordage, (cord.) to shorten a rope; to make
a sheepshank (on or of);
des demi-voltes, (man.) to make half circles of
a smaller radius;
les etriers, to shorten, take up, stirrups;
le pas, (mil.) to shorten step.
raccourcissement, m., shortening, contraction;
foreshortening.
raccroch,a., (man.) having a long seat (of a rider);
"hunched up" (of a seat on horseback).
raccrocher, v. a., to hook again.
race, f., race; stock; breed (of horses);
chevit dc , thoroughbred horse;
chcvaline, horse species;
croisante, (hipp.) breed whose blood is in-
troduced;
croisee, (hipp.) breed whose blood is to be
improved;
pure , (hipp.) unmixed bleed, pure breed (not
to be confused with pur sang).
rachat, m., redemption, recovery, commutation;
des chevaux, (Fr. a.) purchase by the state
of horses issued to officers;
faculte de , privilege of repurchase;
pacte de , v. faculte de ;
de pain, (mil.) money equivalent of bread,
when not drawn.
rache, f., dregs of pitch and tar; compass trace on
wood.
racher, v. a., to scribe.
racheter, v. a., to buy back, redeem, ransom; to
commute; to compensate for, make up for;
unjeune homme, (mil.) to buy a young man's
exemption from military service;
se , (mil.) to purchase exemption from military
service; to buy one's discharge.
racheux, a., knotty, stringy (of wood).
rachevage, m., finishing (of any piece of work),
last touch.
rachever, v. a., to finish, put the last touch to (a
piece of work).
racheveur, m., finisher (workman).
rachis, m., (hipp.) vertebral column.
rachitique, a., (hipp.) rickety.
rachitisme, m., (hipp.) rickets.
racinage, m.. generic term for edible roots.
racinal, m., (cons.) sleeper; sole, sill; ground timber;
(in pi.) grillage);
du busc, main sill at the entrance of a sluice;
de comblc, corbel;
d'ecurie, manger post;
de grue, sole of a crane;
de palee, sleeper or sill of a grillage;