A French-English Military Dictionary - Sturmpanzer.com

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auto-rfiparateur, m., puncture-stop (bicycle).
autorisation, f., authority, consent, license, warrant,
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auto riser, v. a., to authorize, commission, em-
to license, warrant, qualify.
power;
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autorite,
f., authority;
abus d' abuse of , authority;
les s, the authorities.
auvent, m., shed., penthouse; (unif.) visor of a
helmet (obs.).
auxtliaire, a., auxiliary, assisting, helping; m.,
(in pi.) auxiliary troops.
aval, m., adv., downstream direction;
d' from , downstream; (also) down, downstream;
en , downstream, down;
vent d' , sea breeze.
avalaison, f., flood, torrent (i. e., sudden, due to
rain or to melting snow); pile of stones left on
the bank by the current.
avalanche, f., avalanche.
avalasse, f., v. avalaison.
avale, p. p., sunken, drooping (of parts of body);
croupe e, (hipp.) croup that is too low.
avalement, m., upsetting, jumping (as a tube,
de la loupe, (met.) end of the operation
to the
of
refining the bloom.
avaler, v. n., to descend a river (obs.); v. a., to
swallow; to upset, jump (a tube, etc.);
de I'air, (hipp.) to suck \rind (vice};
une tranche, to lop off a branch close
trunk;
la loupe, (met.) to finish the operation of
refining the bloom.
avaloire, f., (harn.) breeching;
bras du bas d' , hip strap;
bras du haut d' breech , strap proper;
porte , hip or flank strap.
avalure, f., (hipp.) soft and bad hoof; accidental
depression of wall of hoof; (also) normal descent,
regular growth of the hoof.
avance, f., advance, start; distance in advance,
lead, ground gained; projection; gain, progress;
sum of money lent; payment in advance; (In
pi.) first steps, preliminary steps, advances;
{steam, mach., etc.) lead (as of a slide valve, of a
crank, etc.);
h I' admission, (steam) lead, steam-lead, outside
lead;
angle d' . angulaire, (mach., steam) angular
advance (of an eccentric);
avoir de V , to have the start of;
avail ce, a., (mil.) advanced;
ouvrage , (fort.) advanced work, detached
work;
poste , (mil.) advanced post, picket.
avancee, f., (fort.) outlying post, in front of the
first barrier (ops.); (used loosely for) advanced
work or post (in gen.); advance-guard (rare);
h I'
, (mil.) thrown out, in an advanced position.
avaiicement, m., (mil.) promotion;
h I'anciennctc, promotion by seniority;
sur I'arme, linear promotion in one's own
arm;
& brevet, brevet promotion (U. S. A.);
au choix, promotion by selection;
proposition d' list of names submitted for
,
promotion;
recevoir de l> to be , promoted;
tableau d' , promotion list or roll;
par unite, promotion in the unit to which
one belongs, as regiment, etc.
avancer, v. a. and n., to advance, come forward,
move forward; accelerate, hasten, urge; bring
up, forward; to grow (of the moon); (mil.) to
march forward; to be promoted; (mach.) to
feed;
& I'anciennete, to be promoted lineally, by
seniority;
sur I'arme, to be promoted lineally in one's
own arm;
au choix, to be promoted by selection.
avant, m., head, prow, fore part; (nav.) bow of
(a ship, boat); prep., before; adv., forward,
far, advanced;
en in , advance, ahead; (mil.) forward (comnwna
and caZQ;
allerb, V , to have headway (boat);
aller de I', to be under headway;
d'aval, downstream starling of a bridge;
coup d' , front stroke, forward stroke;
d I'eperon, (nav.) ram-bow;
gagner I' . to get ahead of;
vogue , (boats) stroke.
Commands in boat drill:
avant, give way;
en , give way;
babord et scie tribord, give way port; back
starboard;
partout, give way together;
qui peut, pull with oars that are shipped;
tribord (babord), pull starboard (port).
avantage, m., advantage, benefit; victory; whiphand;
odds; vantage-ground; (sm. a.) (of a
double-barreled shotgun) the distance of the
axis of the stock to the right of the axis of symmetry
of the barrels;
prendre I' , son , pour monter b, cheval,
(man.) to use an elevation in order to mount
more easily;
du vent, (nav.) weather-gauge.
avantageur, m., (mil.) avantageur (German
army).
avant-bataillc, f., (mil.) (a synonym of) advanced
guard.
diurne, daily gain;
& I'echappement, & I'evacuation, (steam)
exhaust lead, inside lead;
gagner de V to , get a start;
& Vintroduction, (steam) outside lead, steam
lead;
lineaire, lineaire du tiroir, (steam) linear
advance, lead of the slide-valve;
de la manivelle, (mach.) lead of the crank;
& I'ordre, (mil.) challenge from corporal at
guardhouse to any person or party apporaching
(rounds, patrols, etc.); challenge given
when two patrols, rounds, bodies of troops,
meet; challenge from the chief of any post
to party or person approaching. The answer
to the challenge is the mot d'ordre, q. v., and
is itself answered by the mot de ralliement,
q. v. avaiit-bec, m., (pont.) head, fore peak
(nearest equivalent is "advance (or
advance one), and give the countersign");
dela phase du courant, (elec.) lead;
prendre de I' sur, to get a start of;
au ralliement, (mil.) challenge by sentry
(not No. 1) to advance and give the mot de
ralliement, q. v.;
du tiroir, (steam) lead of the slide valve.
of a ponton
boat (all that part of the bow the bottom of
which curves up); (in some systems of pontons)
detachable bow (or stern); upstream cutwater
of a bridge.
avant-bord, m., front edge; (pont.) upper edge
and borders of a pofiton boat.
avant-bras, m., (hipp.) forearm (or sometimes
"arm" simply).
avant-chemin, m., convert, (fort.) advanced
covered way, covered way at foot of glacis of
main covered way; sort of covered way of a
detached fort.
avant-contrescarpe, f., (fort.) advanced counterscarp.
avant-corps, m., fore or projecting part.
avant-coureur, m., forerunner.
avant-creuset, m., (met.) fore-heart (of a blast
furnace).
avant-cuirasse, f., (fort.) glacis armor (of a turret);
circular ring of metal protecting the parapet
over the vulnerable parts of a cupola or
turret; glacis plate.
avant-duc, m., (pont.) abutment of a wooden or
boat bridge.
avant-fosse, m., (fort.) advanced ditch, at foot
of glacis of the enceintei outer ditch, second