A French-English Military Dictionary - Sturmpanzer.com

sape pied & pied, single or full sap, progressive sap;
en sacsdterre, single sandbag sap;
pied d, pied
plcine, full sap;
pleine double & traverses tournantes, double
sap with cube traverses;
portion circulate de , "circular portion" (of
the sap);
pousscr une , to push, a sap;
profonde, v. sans parapet;
rctour de , change of direction of a sap;
en sacs & terre, sand-bag sap;
simple, single sap;
, simple h tcrre roulante, single sap (head para-
pet pushed ahead);
simple traversee, h traverses, single traversed
sap;
simple en zigzag, simple zigzag sap;
simultanee, simultaneous sap, all dug at the
same time;
sin-euse, v. tournantc;
suc"essive, v. pied & pied;
& tambour, serpentine sap, traversed sap;
h tcrre roulante, sap in which the excavated
earth at the head of the trench is gradually
pushed forward;
h tcrre roulante double (simple), double (single)
sap with the sap head pushed on;
tele de , sap head;
tournante, serpentine sap;
travaur de , trench work;
& traverses, traversed sap;
ti traverses iournantes, sap with cube trav-
erses;
volante, flying sap, flying trench work;
volante derobee, hastily executed flying trench
work (enemy napping, or his fire kept down);
volante en gabions et sacs d, tcrre, gabion and
sand bag flying sap, executed in earth too hard
to be dug;
en zigzag b. angles arrondis, serpentine sap.
sapement, (siege) sap work, trench work.
saper, v. a., to undermine; (siege) to sap.
sapeur, m., (mil.) sapper, pioneer;
aerosticr, ( Fr. a.) balloon man (one company
in each of the first four engineer regiments);
brigadier , v. s. v. brigadier;
caporal v. s. v. , caporal;
de chemin defer, ( Fr. a. ) soldier of the engineer
railway regiment;
conducteur, v. s. v. conducteur;
eleve v. s. v. eteve;
,
du genie, engineer sapper;
mineur, ( Fr. a.) engineer soldier proper (sapper);
ouvrier, ( Fr. a.) private of the engineer railway
regiment;
s ouvriers d'art, (Fr. inf.) intelligent men,
skilled in the use of tools, employed in the manipulation
of ammunition, in the care of targetpractice
material, etc.; in the care and repair of
barracks, of ranges, gymnasiums, etc.; in the
construction of field works, etc.;
pionnier, pioneer;
pompier, v. s. v. pompier;
s-pompicrs de la mile de Paris, v. s. v. pompier;
porte-hache, ( Fr. a.) the classic sapper of the
infantry (suppressed in 1871);
sporteurs d'outils, v. soldats porteurs d'oufils;
de regiment, (Fr. a.) a regimental (e. g., infantry)
sapper, as distinguished from, one belonging
to tue engineers);
telegraphist e, ( Fr. cav.) telegraph operator;
de tete, leading sapper.
saplieiie, f., (hipp.) saphena (vein),
sap;"!, m., fir (wood and tree; in commerce, generic
term for resinous woods);
ais de , deal;
blanc, silver fir;
bois de . deal;
faux , pit h pine;
rouge, red fir, spruce; pitch pine.
sapine, f., fir joist, plank; scaffolding timber or
pole; lift scailold; sort of hoisting or winding
engine.
sarbacane, f., pea shooter; speaking trumpet.
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siirche, f., frame of a sieve.
sarcler, v. a., to weed.
sarcloir, m., hoe.
sardine, f., sardine; (in pi., mil. slang) stripes on
the sleeves of a tunic;
s blanches, gendarme's stripes.
sarrasin, m., buckwheat; (met.) waste, sweepings;
b'.e , buckwheat.
sarrasine, f., (fort.} portcullis, sarrasin.
sarrau, m., smock-frock, blouse, laboratory frock,
wagoner's fro"k, yeterinary's frock, surgeon's
frock when operating,
sas, ni., sieve, bolt; lock-chamber;
& air, air lr>ck (of the plenum process);
dciie, fine sieve;
fin, v. del'u;
gros coarse , sieve;
fnMle, cradle, roelrer;
passer au to , sift, to bolt.
sasse, f., (pont.) water scoop.
sassement, m., sifting.
sasser, v. a., to sift, bolt, winnow.
sasset, m., small sieve.
sassoire, f., sweep bar, sway bar, riding bed or
bolster.
satellite, m., satellite;
vcine , (hipp.) vein nearest the arteries.
satiner, v. a., to press paper, to satin;
ft chaud, to hot press;
iifroid, to cold press.
satisfaction, f., satisfaction;
donner to , give satisfaction (as by a duel).
satisfaire, v. a., to satisfy;
& la conscription, (mil.) to draw lots for military
service.
saturation, f., (chem., elec., steam, etc.) saturation.
saturer, v. a., (chem., etc.) to saturate.
saturomfetre, m., (steam) salt gauge, salmometer.
saucier, m., shoe for the foot of a stanchion to hold
it in place; saucer of a capstan;
couronne des linguets, pawl rim of a capstan.
saucisse, f., sausage; (fort.) saucisson; (artif.) powder
hose; bag containing powder, or powder itself.
saucisson, m., sausage; (artif.) saucisson; powder
hose; (fort.) long fascine;
de petards, (expl.) string or necklace of petards;
de retraite, (siege) saucisson to which fascinework
revetment is anchored; anchoring fascine;
volant, (artif.) long petard choked in the middle.
sauf-conduit, m., (mil.) safe conduct, pass.
sauge, f., sage;
feuille de , (min.) miner's pickax; (hipp.)
point of a seton needle.
saiile, m., willow (tree and wood);
feuille de , featlier-od^e file;
pleureur, weeping willow.
saumache, a., v. saumatre.
saumatre, a., brackish.
saumon, m., salmon; charge of coal in a coke fur-
iiace; (fond.) feeding head, sinking head; sullage
piece; (met.) pig of metal; (in p!., nav.) kentledge;
defer, kentledge;
defonte, (met.) casting pig, iron pig;
fontc en , (met.) pig iron;
plomb en , (met.) pig lead.
saumure, f., brine.
saupoudrer, v. a., to powder, dust, sprinkle with;
(fond.) to blacken the mold.
saupoudreur, m., (fond.) workman who blackens
mold.
saure, a., sorrel.
saut, m., jump, leap, vault; jerk; waterfall; (mil.)
military spring, oound; (hipp.) leaping, covering;