A French-English Military Dictionary - Sturmpanzer.com

soupape 431 sous-lieutenant
soupape, d siege conique, conical valve;
siege de , valve seat;
de sortie, eduction valve; outlet valve;
& soulevement, lift valve;
sows clef, lockup valve;
spherique, ball valve;
de suretf, safety valve;
de stiretc de chandler e, boiler safety valve;
de surete it corps spherique, spherical safety
valve;
de surete du cylindre, priming valve;
de surete externe, external safety valve;
de surete & levier, lever safety valve;
de surete & ressort, spring safety valve; springbalance
valve;
systeme de s, set of valves;
de tete, head valve;
tige de , valve stem;
& tiroir, slide valve;
tournante, rotating, rotary, turning, valve;
de trop-plein, overflow valve, escape valve;
tubulaire, tubular valve;
& vapeur, steam valve;
verticale, hanging valve;
de vidange, bottom blow-off valve;
vis , screw valve.
soupe, f., soup; ( Fr. a.) dinner; mess call;
au, de, lait, (hipp.) cream-colored;
faire la , (mil.) to take or make a meal;
preparer la , to cook a meal.
soupente, f., loft; jutty; braces of a carriage;
straps holding a horse in a brake; support of
a winch.
souper, m., supper; (mil.) evening stables.
soupeser, v. a., to poise (in the hand); to weigh
by hand.
soupirail, m., air-hole, vent, vent hole; air-hole
in ice; (art.) telltale channel (to give warning
if A tube split);
souple, a., supple, pliant, flexible, limber, tough.
souplesse, f., suppleness, flexibility.
soupoutre, v. sous-poutre.
souquenille, f., stable coat, stable frock.
souquer, v. a., (cord.) to haul or heave taut,
tighten, heave close, any lashing or seizing;
sur les rames, to pull away with a will.
source, f., spring (of water), fountain; source of a
stream;
chaude, hot spring;
couler de to flow , naturally;
d'eau, spring;
intermittente, intermittent spring;
du vent, point whence the wind blows.
sourd, a., deaf; dark, dull; hollow, rumbling (of a
sound); absorbing or stifling sounds (as a partition
wall); secret, underhand;
lanterne e, dark lantern;
lime e, dead file; dead smooth file;
muet, deaf mute.
sourdine, f., (mus.) sourdine, damper;
& la , quietly, softly.
souriciere, f., mouse trap; (mil. min.) trap, box
trap (obs.).
souris,'f., mouse; (min.) trap, box trap; (hipp.)
gristle in a horse's nose; mouse color ;
cheval , mouse-colored horse;
pas-de , (fort.) pas de souris;
portf-feu, (mil. min.) mouse by which a mine
is fired.
sous, prep., under , beneath; sub-, deputy;
lesarmes, (mil.) under arms; fighting, at war;
le canon de, (mil.) under the guns of (i. e.,
uDder the protection of);
caution, (adm.) under bond;
cheval lui, v. s. v. cheval; horse whose four
legs are too much under him;
cheval la main (du cocker) off , horse;
cheval poll gris (noir), (hipp.) gray (black)
horse;
convoi, (nav.) under convoy;
les drapeaux, (mil.) with the colors; in the
service (of);
lefeu de, (mil.) exposed to the fire of;
pavilion anglais, etc., (nav.) flying the English,
etc., flag;
peine de mart, de la vie, under penalty of
death;
le vent, (nav.) under the lee.
sous-aide, m., under assistant.
sous-arbatetrier, m., (cons.) under rafter of a
roof.
sous-arrondlssement, m., subdistrict, under
. arrondissement.
sous-bandage, m., felly.
sous-bande, f., (art.) trunnion bedplate;
d'essieu, (art.) axletree coupling band.
sous-barbe, f., cross piece of a sluice; piece under
the tenon of a hammer helve; (hipp.) hinder
part of a horse's lower jaw; (harn.) chin strap
of a halter.
sous-berme, m., v. souberme.
sous-bicf, m., channel connecting two sluices.
sous-bois, m., underwood, underbrush.
sous-boucle, f., (harn.) safe.
sous-brigadier, m., (cav ,.) lance-corporal.
sous-cap, m., under foreman, under overseer.
sous-chargS, a., (mil. min.) undercharged.
sous-chef, m., under foreman; assistant;
artificier, ( Fr. art.) v. s. v. artificier;
d'etat-major, (Fr. a.) immediate subordinate
of a chef d'etat-major, having charge of a bureau
or service of the staff;
de musique, (mil.) principal musician
ourrier, under master workman.
sous-chevron, m., (cons.) under rafter.
sous-collet, m., last hoop of a cask.
sous-comitt, m., subcommitte.
sous-commissaire, m., v. s. v . commissaire.
sous-commission, L, assistant committee, subcommittee;
de ligne, ( Fr. mil. r. r.) subcommittee of the
commission de ligne, q. v.
sous-contre heurtoir, m., (art.) plate lining the
under part of the cheek of a field carriage,
opposite to the garnish plate.
souscription, f., subscription; share list, order.
souscrire, v. a. n., to subscribe; to take shares in,
put one's name down for.
sous-dlgataire, m., under deputy; under delegataire,
q. v.
sous-directeur, m., v. s. v. directeur.
sous-direction, f., subdirection, subordinate
direction.
sous-ecuyer, m., under riding master.
sous-egalisage, m., (powd.) fine separation by
sieve, separation of grain from dust by third
sieve.
sous-Cgaliser, v. a., (powd.) to fine sieve, to pass
grain through the third sieve.
sous-figalisoir, m., (powd.) fine sieve, third sieve.
sous-embranchement, m., (r. r.) branch of a
branch road.
sous-entrepreneur, m., subcontractor.
sous-Stage, m., generic term for all undergrowth
of a forest.
sous-faite, m., (cons.) under roof timber, ridge
board or pole.
sous-fondation, f., under pavement; subpavement.
sous-fondeur, m., caster of small articles.
sous-freter, v. a., to underlet, underfreight.
sous-futaie, f., undergrowth (of a forest).
sous-garde, f., (sm. a.) trigger guard, trigger and
plate.
sous-gorge, f., (sm. a.) throat, neck, of hammer
(obs.); (harn.) throatlatch.
sous-gouverneur, m., under governor, lieutenantgovernor.
sous-gueule, f., (harn.) strap end under a horse's
mouth.
sous-horizontal, a., (mil. min.) under the center
of the charge (of effects).
sous-intendance, f., subintendance; (Fr. a.)
functions, etc., of a sous-intendant.
sous-intendant, m., v. s. v. intendant.
sous-lieutenance, f., (mil.) sublieutenancy.
sous-lieutenant, m., (mil.) sublieutenant.