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attachement 27 atterrir
attachement ecrit, written data; - figure, sketches, drawings, etc.;
- du mineur, (mil. min.) attaching the miner,
attachment of the miner (obs.).
attaeher, v. a., to tie, fasten, attach, make fast,
bind; (mil.) to attach (to a regiment, department,
etc.); - le mineur, (mil. min.) to attach the miner
(obs.).
attaque souterraine, (siege) attack by mining;
par surprise, (siege) surprise of a fortified
position;
de vive force, (siege) storming, assault;
volante, (mil.) feint, sham attack (rare).
attaquer, v. a., to attack, to assault; (art.) to
attack an armor plate in proving-ground
attainable,
attack.
a., liable to attack, open to
attaquant, m., (mil.) the assailant, the attacking
body.
attaque, f.,
offensive
attack; (in gen., mil.) attack, any
operation involving or leading to
fighting; onset; (ball.) attack (i. e., trial,
test) of an armor plate; (mil. min.) the offensive,
the besiegers; (mil. min.) each separate
mining operation; (siege) attack, i. e.,
a subdivision of the general attack, having
an entirety of its own (e. g., right attack,
left attack, etc.); (in pi., frequently) approaches;
(teleg.) call; (man.) the rational
use of the spur as an aid, not as a punishment;
-
abregee, (siege) irregular attack;
latterie d'-, (art.) attacking, fighting, battery;
(in proving grounds) the testing battery (for
armor-plate trials); - brusquee, attack of a fort by surprise,
bombardment, open assault, etc.; in short,
any attack not accompanied by trench work;
eanon d'-, (proving ground) the testing gun
in armor-plate trials;
eontre-, (mil.) counter attack;
corps d'-, attacking - party;
decisive, (mil.) the decisive (and therefore
the real) attack, as opposed to a demonstration
(on flank, generally), hence especially
the attack made by the aile decisive,
q.v.; - demonstrative, (mil.) demonstration, (esp.
to-day) front attack; - directe, (nav., torp.) case where ship touches
a towed torpedo directly; (miL) front
attack; - double, (siege) two-storied descent into the
ditch, v. descente;
-- d'emblee, (siege) attack without opening
trenches; - en echelons, (mil.) attack in echelon;
-- en echiquier, (mil.) attack in squares, in
checkerboard disposition;
-- par enlacement, (nav. torp.) case ha which the
ship touches the towline of a (towed) torpedo
and the latter doubles on the ship;
- h I'epcron, (nav.) ram attack, ramming;
fausse-
, (mil.) feint; - de flanc, (mil.) flank attack, (esp. to-day)
the real, the decisive ,
attack; - dans les formes, , (siege) regular siege;
- en fourrageurs, (cav.) attack as for foragers, in
extended order.
-- de front, (mil.) front attack, direct attack,
(esp. to-day) demonstrative attack;
- par intelligence, (mil.) attack or assault by
treachery (by an understanding with traitors
in enemy's lines); - irreguliere, attack of a fort by surprise,
assault, etc. (no trenches opened);
- en laisse, (nav. torp.) case where (towed)
torpedo, at first held in leash, is let go, and
strikes the ship in taking position of equilibrium;
-- en masse, (mil.) attack of a point in the
enemy's line; (in gen.) general advance on the
enemy;
-- en muraille, (cav.) charge of cavalry in close
order, with very small or no intervals;
Wdre d'-, (mil., nav.) formation for attack;
- ouverte, (mil.) open attack; - des places, general expression for any
operations leading to capture of a fortified
position; - rapprochee, (siege) attack by means of approaches,
trenches, etc., at close quarters;
- en regie, (siege) regular, formal siege;
simulacre d'-,simulee,
(mil.) sham attack,
feint;
trials;
s' , (expl.) to operate against;
I'arme, (drill) to seize the piece (small arm)
briskly in the execution or the manual of
arms;
un cTieval, (man.) to spur a horse, to use
force to reduce him to obedience, (more specially)
to use the spur, etc., as an aid;
I'ennemi & I'eperon, (nav.) to ram the
enemy.
atteindre, v. a., n., to reach; v. r., (hipp.) to interfere,
overreach; (art., sm. a.) to hit;
au but, le but directement, directement
au but, (art., sm. a.) to make a direct
hit;
de pleinfouet, (art., sm. a.) to make a direct
hit (i. e.. not a ricochet hit);
au vol, to hit on the wing (game).
atteint, p. p., par la limite d'dge, (mil.) having
reached retiring age.
atteinte, f., blow, stroke, reach; attempt; (hipp.)
interference, overreach (more strictly, the
former); wound caused by interference, overreaching;
(sm. a.) hit (target practice, also in
action);
encornee, (hipp.) interference that causes
a detachment, and is followed by suppuration;
simple, (hipp.) interference productive of
only a slight contusion;
sourde, (hipp.) interference accompanied by
severe pain.
attelage, m., draught; draught-harness; team
(of horses, mules, etc.); (r. r.) coupling; (art.)
d I'allemande, pole-draught;
h la comtoise, v. & lafranqaise;
dc derriere, (art.) wheel-team, wheelers;
d, deux, (quatre, etc.) two- (four-) horse team,
etc.;
de devant, (art.) lead team, leaders;
& I'espagnole, (mil., train) draught with sort
of yoke or bar over horses' shoulders;
de, en, file, single draught, tandem;
& deux, trois, etc., files, double, treble
draught, etc.;
ft la franqaise, rear horse in shafts, all the
horses of the team being in single file;
de front, horses hitched up abreast, double
draught;
haut-le-pied, spare team;
& limoniere, v. d, lajranqaise;
du milieu, (art.) swing-team;
en selle, (mil., art.) saddle-team;
btimon, pole draught, double draught.
atteler, v. a., to hitch up, harness, put (the horses)
to; (art.) to belong to a certain piece (lit., to
hitch it), to be or serve with a certain piece;
&, de, n chevaux, to put in n horses;
en cheville, to hitch a horse in front of the
shaft horse;
enfleche, to hitch up tandem;
s' & n chevaux, to be drawn by n horses.
attelle, f., (harn.) name; (surgery) splint;
courroie d' , (harn.) hame-strap.
attente, f., expectation, expectancy; (unif.) epaulette
loop or strap (in pi.);
pierre d' , (mat.) toothing;
position d' , (mil.) position in which enemy,
attack, etc., is expected.
attention, f . , attention.
atterrage, m., (nav.) landing, making land; -point
where a cable goes ashore (torpedoes, electric
cables, etc.). (Atterrissage is now generally
used instead..)
atterrer, v. a., n., to throw down, overturn, demolish,
etc.; (nav.) to make land. (As a naval
term, atterrir is preferred by sailors.)
atterrir, v. n., (nav.) to land, to make, approach,
land; (of a balloon) to descend to earth, to
alight; (of a cable) to come ashore, to leave the
water.