A French-English Military Dictionary - Sturmpanzer.com

service 423 siege
service de sante, medical department, medical corps,
medical service;
de sante de I'arriere, (Fr. a. med.) medical
service on the lines of communication;
de sante de I'avant, (Fr. a. med.) medical service
at the front, i. e., with the troops engaged;
de sante en campagne, (Fr. a. med.) medical
field service (includes de I'arriere and
de I'avant)',
de securite en marche, all measures taken to
insure safety on the march (advance guard,
flankers, etc.);
de securite en station, all measures taken to
insure safety during halts; outpost service ;
de semaine, garrison duty taken by the week;
v. s. v. semaine;
des signaleurs, des signaux, signal service,
signaling;
de la solde, pay department;
soumis au militaire, liable to military service;
de surcte, security service (includes protection
of columns on the march, outposts, and
reconnaissances) ;
de surele en marche (en station), v. de
securite en marche (station);
de siirete de premiere lijne, duties of informa-
tion and of protection as carried on by the
corps cavalry;
des subsistances militaires, subsistence department;
tableau de , duty roster;
destelegraphes, (in gen.) telegraph service;
de la telegraphic militaire, military telegraph
service;
telegrapJiique de la premiere ligne, (Fr. a.) telegraph
duty in the zone of operations of the
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tele'grapJiique de la seconde ligne, (Fr. a.) telegraph
duty in the rear of the army and connecting
the army with home;
telegraphique de la troisieme ligne, (Fr. a.)
telegraph duty in forts, arsenals, etc., at home;
temps de , period of service;
tenue de service uniform or , dress;
de tir, target practice, target-practice duty;
topographique, topographic, surveying, duty;
tour de , tour (of duty);
de tranchee, trench duty;
des transports, (Fr. a.) transport service;
de la tresorerie et des pastes, (Fr. a.) pay and
postal service in the field;
velerinaire, (Fr. a.) veterinary service;
des vivrcs, subsistence department ;
volontaire d'un an, one-year volunteer service.
servir, v. a. n., to serve, be in the service of; to serve
the state, be in the administration; (tech.) to
work (as a stream, a mill); (mil, nav.) to serve;
to be in the service; to perform one's duty;
(hipp.) to serve (a mare);
h, to be used for;
une batterie, (art.) to serve a battery;
& bord, (nav.) to serve afloat;
un canon, (art.) to serve or work a gun;
7- dons (I'artillerie, etc.), to be, serve in (the ar-
tillery, etc.);
de, to serve for or instead;
une pompe, to work a pump;
sous, (mil.) to serve under (so-and-so);
sur mer, (nav.) to serve afloat.
servitude, f., servitude; (law) easement, servitude;
(mil.) open ground around an explosive magazine
(in which no building may be put up);
bateau de , (nav.) harbor-service boat;
s de lafrontiere, (Fr. a.) zones along the frontiers
in which no ground may be cleared or
roads built without the special permission of
the commission mixte des travaux publics;
s militaires , militaires. (fort.) zones around a
fortification in which all building is forbidden,
or is allowed only under certain conditions;
navire de , (nav.) harbor-service vessel.
servo-moteur, m., (mach.) servomotor.
sesamoJde, a. m., (hipp.) sesamoid, sesamoid bone;
grand sesamoid , bone;
petit small sesamoid bone.
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sfiton, m., (hipp.) seton, rowcll;
aiguille b,
, seton needle;
anglais, rowel;
anime, tape smeared with irritant;
& meche, seton needle and tape or other
thread;
to, rouelle, rowel;
simple, seton with unsmeared tape.
seuil, m., sill, ground sill; sole, threshold; gate; entrance;
doorstep; (fort.) interior cdj.;e or crest of
an embrasure; (lop.) ridge closing a valley;
d'ecluse, sill, ground sill of a sluice;
de ponl-levis, (fort.) counterscarp beam for
drawbridge.
seuillet, m., (nav.) lower port sill,
sfeve, f., sap; pith.
severe, a., severe, stern, harsh, rigid (as of discipline);
austere; strict (as a blockade); close (as an
investment).
sevfirite, f., severity, strictness, etc.
sextant, m. , sextant; arc of 60;
& botte, small box sextant;
grand , sextant proper;
de poche, pocket sextant.
sextuplette, f., sextuplet, six-seat bicycle.
seye, f., (art.) axletree bolt, bolster bolt;
& I'ecrou, screw bolt.
shako, m., v. schako;
shrapnel, m., (art.) shrapnel;
& chimbre anterieure, front-burster shrapnel;
& c\ambre centrale, central-burster shrapnel;
a chambre postericure, rear-burster shrapnel;
pcrcutant, (art.) shrapnel used as a percussion
shell, i.e., fuse unset.
siccatif, a., siccative, dr}~ing.
siccite, f.,dryness;
evaporer d, , to evaporate to dryness.
side rite, m., siderite.
sidrotechnie, f ., v. siderurgie.
sidSrurgie, f., (met.) metallurgy of iron. /
siecle, m., century; age, period, world,
siege, m.,seat; see of a bishop; box (coachman's
seat); (law) bench; (mil.) siege; (mach.) valve
seat; (harn.) seat of a saddle; (farr.) flat part of
the upper surface of the English shoe;
accetere, (mil.) hastv, rapid, siege (an irregular
siege, batteries erected at once, no approaches);
affut de , (art.) siege carriage;
d'afful, (art.) axletree seat;
armee de , (mil.) siege corps or army;
arlillerie de , (art.) siege artillery;
d'assaut, (mil.) sudden attack (no trenches
opened);
ballerie de , siege battery;
bouchehfeu de , (art.) siege gun;
brusque, (mil.) siege without approaches;
canon de , (art.) siege gun;
de clapet, (mach.) valve seat;
corps de , (mil.) besieging army, siege corps or
army;
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couvrir un , (mil.) to cover a siege;
de , (mil.) besieging;
echelle de , (mil.) scaling ladder;
equipage de , (art.) siege train (v. s. v. equipage);
d'essieu, (art.) axle seat;
etat de , v. s. v. etat;
faire le, un, , (mil.) to besiege, carry on a siege;
faux , (harn.) straining, straining leather,
cross webbing; facing of cloth and leather on the
arch of a pack saddle;