A French-English Military Dictionary - Sturmpanzer.com

trot 471 troupe
trot assis, close trot (i. e., no posting),
au , (caH)trot!
(bien) ecoute, v. s. v. ecoute;
cheval de , trotter;
court, short trot (i. e.. one in which the horse
does not raise his hind feet high);
doux, easy trot;
dur, rough trot;
egal, v. court;
enleve, posting;
franc, v. court;
grand , trot out;
au grand , at a full trot;
de manoeuvre, (Fr. art.) drill trot (240 meters
per minute; no longer regulation);
mcttre au , to bring to a trot;
se mettre au , to begin to trot; -
petit , slow trot;
au petit , at a slow trot;
ralenti, slow trot;
remettre au , to resume the trot;
de route, (Fr. art.) road trot (200 meters per
minute; no longer regulation);
sec, rough trot.
trotter, Y. a., (man.) to trot (said both of horse
and of rider);
& I'anglaise, to post;
un cheval & gauche (droite), to come down to
the saddle (seat) when the left (right) diagdfcal
strikes the ground (usual definition, though it
is questioned);
en chien, to dogtrot;
des epaules, to trot hard;
du genou, to lift fore legs while gaining but
little ground;
menu, to gain but little ground in the trot;
sec, to have a rough trot.
trotte-sec, m., (mil. slang) foot soldier; field artilleryman.
trotteur, m., trotter, trotting horse;
d'attelage, driving trotter;
de selle, saddle trotter.
trotteuse, f., split-second hand:
aiguille , split-second hand.
trottinement, m., (man.) jog-, dog-, trot.
trottiner, v. n., (man.) to step short in trotting;
to go a jog trot; to dogtrot; to jogtrot.
trottoir, m., sidewalk, footpath, footway; (r. r.)
platform.
trou, m., hole, orifice, aperture, gap, mouth, opening;
abri, d'abri, (t. p.) rifle pit, shelter pit;
d'amarrage, lashing hole;
d'amorce, fuse hole (of a torpedo);
d'arret, (r.f. art.) stop hole;
borgne, hole (e. g., in armor plate) not bored
completely through;
de boulet, shot hole;
d canon, (art.) gun pit;
& charbon, (nav.) coal bunker;
- de charge, (art.) filling hole of a shell; loading
hole (through Krupp wedge, etc.); (torp.) filling
hole;
de chargement, (art.) filling hole of a shell;
de chat, (nav.) lubber's hole;
de clavette, keyway;
de coulage, de coulee, v. s. v. coulee;
de culasse, (art.) breer-h-screw hole;
d'ecubier, (nav.) hawse hole;
d'cntretclse de lunette, (art.) trail eye;
d'esse, linchpin hole;
d'essieu, pin hole of a block;
de gachette, (sm. a.) sear hole;
de ganse, v. s. v. ganse;
--de graissage, (mach.) lubricating hole, oil hole;
d'homme, manhole;
de laitier, (met.) slag hole of a blast furnace,
of a cupola;
de loup, (mil.) military pit, trou-de-loup;
(met.) hole where the superfluous metal of the
cast is run;
de lumiere, (art.) vent; flame passage (of a
cartridge);
de mine, (min.) blast iiole;
& nettoyage, mui hois;
trou de petard, de petardement, (mil. min.)
blast hole;
de la porte, keyhole;
de prise defeu, (art.) flame passage;
de remplissage, (art.) filling hole of a recoil
cylinder;
de rivet, rivet hole;
de sel, mud hole;
de serrure, keyhole;
de souted, charbon, coal-bunker opening;
de tampon, drain of a furnace;
de tirailleurs, (mil.) rifle pit;
de vidange, (art.) emptying hole of a (recoil
cylinder;
de vis de culasse, (art.) breech-screw hole;
de la vis de gachette, (sm. a.) sear-screw hole;
de visite, hand hole of a boiler; mud hole of a
boiler,
troii bade, troubadour, m., (mil. slang) infantry
soldier.
trouble, m., disturbance, commotion, broil, disorder,
confusion; a., turbid, thick, muddy,
troubled; dull, overcast (of weather).
troubler, v. a. r., to trouble, disturb; to become,
grow, thick, muddy, turbid; to become foggy
thick, cloudy, overcast (of the weather) .
trou6, a. , full of holes.
troufie, f., gap, opening, in a wood, hedge, wall;
(mil.) break, opening, in the enemy's lines
(made by a charge, by artillery fire, etc.); (top.)
gap (in a mountain chain).
trouer, v. a., to make a hole or holes in; (mil.) to
make a hole in the enemy's lines.
troupe, f., troop, band, multitude; (mil.) party,
regiment, body of troops; the men (n. c. o. and
men) as distinguished from the officers; (in pi )
troops, soldiers, forces.
(The following terms are military:)
sd'administration, administrative troops (i e
of the supply and other administrative departments);
s d'approche, troops that clear the ground for
the real attack behind;
s d'assaut, assaulting body, storming party
(i. e., troops expected to get into the enemy's
position), troops making the final rush on a
position;
s d'attaque, the assaulting troops (in a battle)troops
detailed for attack;
s de chemin defer, railroad troops (engineer);
sb, cheval, mounted troops;
s de choc, in a battle, troops to make the assault
(as distinguished from those that have
fought up to the assaulting position and are
shaken by their work);
s de combat, combatants (as distinguished
from noncombatant elements);
s de communication, line-of-communication
troops;
corps de v. s. v. , corps;
s de couverture, covering troops (troops along
a frontier, garrisoning frontier towns, and hence
covering mobilization);
s de demonstration, troops making the feint,
as opposed to the real attack;
s de deuxieme ligne, in an investment, the
troops (of the attack) serving as a reserve to
the s de lere ligne, q. v.;
s d'etapcs, line-of-communication troops,
troops garrisoning the gltes d'etapes (two sorts:
permanent, and detached from the operating
army);
s etrangeres, mercenaries;
s d' exploration, troops sent ahead to prevent
. mobilization
(v. exploration strategique);
sfrontieres, frontier troops;
homme de , v. s. v. homme;
s d' instruction, depot troops;
s de ligne, troops of the line (sometimes regular
troops, as opposed to irregular);
s de la marine, v. s. v. marine;
s nationahs, national troops (as distinguished
from mercenaries) ;
s d'occupation, troops stationed in a defeated
country;
officier de , y. s. v. officier;