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TOltC 490 voyage
Volte, demi v. , demi-volte;
demi -renversee, (man.) a demi-volte reversed;
de deux pistes, (man.) a volt in which the
fore and the hind legs take different tracks;
clargir, embrasser, la , (man.) to widen,
broaden, a volt;
de piste, (man.) a volt in which the hind
quarters follow the shoulder;
sur place, v. s. v. place;
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renversee, (man.) a volt with the head turned
in (the fore feet describe a small, the hind a
large, circle); volt in renvers;
serrer la v. s. v. , serrer;
volte-face, f., (fenc., man., mil.) wheel, face about;
& droite (gauche), (fen;.) right (left) volt
(bayonet exercise, accompanied by a leap to
the new rear);
faire , to wheel or turn about (e. g., to face a
pursuing enemy).
volter, v. n., (fenc.) to make a volt,
voltige, f., (man.) vaulting, etc., on a horse; (gym.)
vaulting;
selle de , v. s. v. selle.
voltigement, m., flutter, flicker; vaulting;
de , flying.
voltlger, v. a., to flutter, flicker, wave, fly about;
(gym.) to vault, practice vaulting (on a horse,
on a wooden horse).
voltigeur, m., (gym.) vaulter (on a horse) ; vaulting
teacher; vaulting horse; (mil.) voltigeur (lightinfantry
man).
volt-metre, m., (elec.) voltmeter;
avertisseur, potential indicator.
volubilitl, f., ease of turning, of rolling (as of wheels)
volume, m., volume (book); volume, bulk, size;
de vapeur, v. s. v., vapeur;
de vide, v. s. v. vide,
volute, f., volute, scroll,
vouiir, v. a., to vomit; to throw up;
les etoupes, (nav.) to start oakum from seans
vousseau, m., v. voussoir.
voussoir, m., (cons.) voussoir, archstone; (fort.)
voussir of a cupola;
roue & , v. s. v. roue.
voussoirier, m., machine for shaping foot of spokes.
voussure, f., (cons.) rise and bend of an arch;
curved top of a bay;
arriere , dome-like arch over a door or window.
voute, f., (cows.) vault, vaulting, arch; (fan.) hollow
of a hoof, of a horseshoe; (met.) roof or crown
of a reverberatory furnace;
annulaire, annular arch;
it, en, anse de panier, basket-handle arch;
en arc de cercle, segmental arch;
en arc de clotire, cloistered arch;
d'are"te(s), groined arch, groined vault; cross
vault;
d'aretes gothique (romaine), gothio (Roman)
ribbed arch;
en berceau, cylindrical arch;
biaise, en biais, skew arch;
& caissons, caissoned arch;
clefde , keystone;
composee, arch or vault composed of two or
three kinds;
coniquc, conical arch, squinch;
de construction mixte, arch of mixed masonry
(e. g., brick and stone);
contre counter , arch;
croisee, cross vault;
en cul de four, semidome, apsidal dome;
cylindrique, v. en berceau;
de, en. decharge, relieving, discharging, arch;
en decharge & terre coulante, relieving arch
with the earth at its natural slope;
(dite) & I'imperiale, cloistered arch with a flat
top;
en dome, dome;
d, double , bivaulted;
& double arete, double cross-vanlt;
voute droite, right arch (axis perpendicular to
face);
en ellipse, elliptique, elliptical arch;
en , arch-like, vaulted;
d, I'epreuve, (fort.) shellproof arch;
extradossee en arc, arch thicker at springing
lines than at vertex (extrados not parallel to
intrados) ;
extradossee parallelement, arch of uniform
thickness (extrados parallel to intrados);
extradossee en chape, arch whose estrados consists
of two symmetrically disposed plane surf-
- extradossee de niveau, arch whose extrados is
a horizontal plane tangent to the vertex;
du fer & cheval (farr.) hollow of a horseshoe;
forte, arch to resist heavy loads, and no or
btat slight vibration (e. g., road arch);
imparfaite, diminished arch;
en lima^on, spiral vault;
legere, arch to resist very slight loads or only
its own weight;
moyenne, arch to resist moderate loads (as
- in a building);
naissance de , springing line of an arch;
oblique, skew arch;
en ogive, ogical or pointed arch;
en plate-bande, straight arch;
en plein cintre, semicircular arch, full-cen-
tered arch;
primitive, the arch proper of an extradosed
arch;
de remplissage, small filling arch (as in the
valley between adjacent arches) ;
renversee, inverted arch;
souterraine, underground arch;
spherique, dome;
surbaissee, surbased, elliptical, arch;
surbaissee au l:n, arch whose rise is l:n the
span;
surelevle, v. surhaussle;
surhaussee, surmounted vault;
tete de , archhead, face of an arch;
tres forte, arch to resist heavy loads and considerable
vibration (e. g. , of a railway bridge) ;
tunnel, (fort.) vault or arch constructed in
front of a caponier to protect it from direct or
plunging fire; embrasure tunnel;
en vis St. Gilles, inclined annular arch.
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route , a., vaulted, arched; round-stiouldered.
vofftelette, f., (cons.) small vault.
vouter, v. a., (cons.) to arch; to vault; (farr.) to
bend a horseshoe.
voutin, m., (cons.) small arch; counter arch.
voyage, m., voyage, trip, journey; run, tour,
travels (account of a voyage); (mil.) travel
(U.S.A.);
d'aller, outward trip; voyage out;
d'aller et de retour, entire trip; voyage, out
and in;
aller en , to go on a journey, trip, voyage;
cheval de , good road horse; horse suitable for
along journey;
de, voyage to(suchandsuchaplace,cotintry):
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, on a journey;
en cours de outward , bound;
entier, voyage out and in;
treen , to be journeying, traveling;
d'epreuve, v. d'essai;
d'essai, (nav.) trial trip;
d'etat-major, d''etudes, (mil.) staff-college
journey or voyage (for the study of military
problems on the terrain) ;
faire , v. etre en ;
faire un , to take or make & journey, make a
trip; to go on an errand;
grand, lonj, , long journey, trip;
au, de, long cours, long (sea) voyage;
petit short , journey;
de retour, return voyage, voyage home;
revenir de , to return from one's travels, jour-
ney, trip, etc.;
rond, v. entier;
strategigue, (mil.) staff journey
military problems on the terrain).
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