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oie 487 voile
I. Railroads; II. Miscellaneous.
I. Railroads:
vole accessoire, side track;
assielte de la , (mil.) method of laying a road
(v. fixe, and mobile);
de campagne, (mil.) field railway;
changement de , v. s. v. changement;
de chargement et de dechargement, side track,
siding;
chemin defer b, une, etc., , v. s. v. chemin,'
de chemin defer, railroad;
de circonstance, (mil.) temporary road;
de classemcnt, v. de triage;
communication de s, junction of tracks;
& cremaillere, cog track;
croisement de , crossing;
en cul de-sac, side track (for storing spare
cars);
de debord, v. en cul-de-sac;
de depart, starting track ;
de derivation, (mil., etc.) branch road;
descendante, down track ;
& deU'X s, double tracked;
diagonale, crossing;
double , double track;
d ecartement normal, standard-gauge road;
d' embarquement, v. s. v. chantier (r. r.);
etroite, narrow-gauge track;
d'evitement, side track, siding;
defer, ferree. railway, track;
ferree portative, (mil.) transportable railway;
fixe, (mil.) permanent railroad;
de formation de train, track for making up
the train;
de garage, side track, siding;
b, grande (petite) section, broad (narrow)
gauge;
largeur de etroite (normale), narrow (broad)
gauge;
de manoeuvre, shifting track, side track:
mobile, (mil.) mobile track (laid down before
and taken up behind the train);
montante, up track;
normale standard-gauge track;
permanente, superstructure (of a railway.
bridge, etc.);
de plus grande (petite) largeur, broad, narrow.
gauge;
porteur de to , v. s. v. porteur;
pose de la , v. s. v. pose;
principale, main track;
de raccordement, junction Une;
reduite, narrow gauge;
de service, side track;
it une seule , single-tracked;
simple, single track;
sortir de la , to leave the track, run off the
rails;
supplementaire, side track, siding;
traversee de , crossing;
de triage, shifting track;
fronton de , section of the track;
'unique, single track.
II. Miscellaneous:
d'acces, approach (in general);
d'amortissement, v. s. v. amortissement;
avcugler une d'eau, to stop a leak temporarily,
in a temporary manner;
avoir (ne pas avoir) la , (of vehicles) to have
(not to nave) the regulation track;
avoir une d'eau, to leak (of boats, ships);
de baguette, (sm. a.) ramrod groove;
de bois, load of wood;
en bois, wooden track, tramway;
boucher une d'eau, to stop a leak;
de charbon, sack of coal;
de charbon de terre, a meter cube of coal;
de charretiere, carriage road, wagon road;
cart gauge;
- de charrette, cart gauge;
chaude, hot trail (animals);
par et chemin, by any road whatever;
circulate, (art.) racer, traversing circle;
de coke, a cubic meter and a nan of coke;
vole de communication, thoroughfare, road; any
road of communication, etc.; any road or path
of whatever nature;
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par de concours, by competitive examination;
7 & cremaillere, (art.) cogged racer, traverse
circle;
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en deblai, road below level of country, sunken
road;
derivee, (mil.) connecting road (when main
communication has been cut);
donner de la & une scie, to set a saw ;
s de droit, (law) resort to legal methods;
d'eau. load of water (as much as a man can
carry, two bucketfuls, usually); waterway;
(naf.)leak;
economique, v. gestion directe;
d'ecoulement, water course; outlet;
en de, in a fair way for ;
faire une d'eau, to spring a leak;
defait, act of violence;
s defait, assault, assault and battery; duel;
bad treatment;
& flanc de coteau, road cut in the side of a hill ;
fluviale, waterway;
fumante, v. chaude;
la grande , the highroad;
hierarchigue, (mil.) regular channels, military
channels;
humide, (chem.) wet process;
laterale, side road, crossroad;
de manoeuvre, (mil.) road parallel to the
front;
par de mer, by sea;
mixte, (art.) traverse circle, partly plane,
partly toothed:
s et moyens, (adm.) ways and means;
navigable, navigable stream;
& niveau, road on a level with the country;
ordinaire, (wagon) road;
par de, by means of;
par la de, via, by way of;
de pierre, cart load of stone;
de plcitre, twelve sacks of plaster;
de pont, (pont.) bridge way (distance between
side rails);
publique, public road, highway;
de Paris, unit of volume, 1.92 cubic meters;
de raccord, de raccordement, v.
derivee;
reglementaire. (mil.) regular channels;
de releve, cold trail (animals);
en remblai, road above level of country;
raised road;
de roue, gauge; track of a wheel; (art.) traverse
circle, racer;
de roulement, (art.) roller track;
de sable, wagonload of sand;
d'une scie, set of a saw; kerf of a saw;
seche, (chem.) dry process (exposure to flame,
etc.);
simple, (art.) plane traverse circle;
de terre, wagon road; land road, as opposed
to railroad ;
par de terre, by land (as distinguished from
sea);
en tranchee, v. en deblai;
vive, v. chaude;
de(s) voiture(s), track, width between wheels;
voile, f., (nav.) sail; (fig.) ship; sail;
ti la , under sail ;
aller d, la to , sail;
s de I'avant, head sails;
basses s, courses;
diminuer la , to shorten sail;
d'eau, drag sail, drift sail;
etre fin de - to be a , good sailer;
faire , to set sail;
faire de la to , set more sail;
faire force de s, to crowd all sail;
faire petite to , go under easy sail;
grande , mainsail;
s hautes, upper sails;
mettrea la , v. faire ;
navireb. s, sailing vessel;
sous , under sail.