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avant-ioycr 30 avis
avant-foyer, m., (art.") fire-guard (of a travelingforge).
avant-garde, f., (mil.) advance guard;
extreme-pointe de I' , extreme point of the
advance guard;
to be
faire I' to do , advance-guard duty,
the advance guard;
gros de I' main body of the advance guard
(reserve of, U. S. A.);
pointe de I'
, point, leading group of the advance
guard;
Hie de I' , head, van of the advance guard
(support, U . S. A.).
avant-glacis, m., (fort.) glacis in front of the
avant-chemin convert,' secondary glacis in front
of the principal glacis; sort of advanced covered
way.
avant-ligne, f., (mil.) line occupied in front
of the main position, but not intended to be
permanently held, the object being to break
the enemy here before he gets to the real
position; in the field, a slightly fortified position,
in front of the main and real position,
and intended to deceive the enemy as to
the latter by throwing his reconnaissances
off the scent; front or advanced line, in
infantry formation for attack; (siege) line
of outposts of a line of investment; (siege)
subsidiary works thrown up by the advanced
posts of the besiegers in order to establish
themselves thoroughly on the ground held
by them.
avaiit-maiii, f., (hipp.) forehand, forequarters;
avoir de I'
, to have a fine forehand.
avaiit-met re, m., (adm.) estimate in figures
(numbers) of the quantity of work to be
done (in cases of submission to adjudication
publique).
avant-molaire, f., (hipp.) front molar tooth.
avant-mur, m.. screen wall, outer wall; (fort.)
masonry wall farthest from main body (corps)
of a place.
avant-parallele, f., (siege) intermediate place
of arms, constructed between the batteries
of the first position and the first parallel,
when works between these are not sufficient
to establish the latter.
avant-pied, m., vamp.
avant-port, m., outer port or harbor.
avant-poste, m., (mil.) outpost;
de cavalerie. cavalry outpost, (esp.) one
furnished by the cavalerie d'exploration, q. v.;
de combat, regular outpost, infantry outpost;
cosaque, ft la cosaque, irregulier,
(cav.) cossack post (the distinction between
regular and irregular outposts has been
broken down in France so far as the cavalry
is concerned 1894);
irregulier, special outpost, one to meet a
special case (no longer exists in the cavalry,
v. cosaque);
de jour, first line of outposts, furnished
by cavalry;
ligne d' s, line of outposts;
ligne de resistance des , line of grand guards,
line of resistance; ,
mixte, outpost consisting of cavalry and of
infantry;
regulier, usual or regulation outpost;
reseau d' s, network or system of outposts;
de surete, outpost (so called as being part of
the service de surete, q. v.).
avant-projet, m., preliminary project, rough
estimate.
avant-terrain, m., foreground.
want-train, m., (in $en.) fore body, fore carriage
(of a four-wheeled vehicle); (art.) limber;
(hipp.) forehand (of a horse); (of a bicycle)
fore wheel and related parts;
amener I' to limber , rear;
amener I' en avant, to limber front;
ft bras de limoniere, limber with shafts;
de caisson, caisson-limber;
de campagne, field-gun limber;
ft contre-appui, limber (e. g., of a siege gun) in
which the trail rests on the limber-axle;
decrocher Us s, to unlimber;
| avant-train,
mettre I' , to limber, limber
up;
6tcr I'
, to unlimber;
ft sellette, limber with bolster and pintle;
de siege, siege-gun limber;
ft suspension, limber in which the lunette
fits over a pintle, the usual type of field limber;
ft timon, pole limber;
de tombereau, (Fr. art.) the tumbril or box
limber of the affuta souUvement, q. v.
avarie, f., damage; average; dues (usually a commercial
term).
avarie, a., damaged, spoiled.
avarier, v. a., to spoil, damage.
a vau, adv., (used only in) I'eau, downstream
, with the current ;
- -de-route, (mil.) in great disorder, in confusion
(of a defeated army or body of troops).
aventure, f., adventure.
aventurS, a., (mil.) exposed, in a critical position.
aventurer, v. a., to risk; v. r., to expose one's self
to hazard; to run a risk.
aventurier, m., soldier of fortune.
averse, f., sudden shower.
avertir, v. a., to notify, warn;
un cheval, (man.) to gather a horse; to urge,
to encourage a horse.
avertissement, m., warning, notice; (Fr. mil.
law) notice given to accused, before a courtmartial,
that if he does not select counsel,
counsel will be assigned to him by the president
of the court; notice given by the greffier
(q. v.) of a court, to prisoner found guilty,
that he has 24Tiours in which to lodge an appeal;
commandement d' , (mil.) preparatory command.
avertisseur, a., warning, indicating; m., (elec.)
call-bell, annunciator;
d'incendie, fire alarm.
aveu, m., confession;
extrajuditiaire, confession made out of court;
-judiciaire, confession in court.
aveugler, v. a., to blind to ; stop up;
une casemate, (mil.) to make a casemate
useless by stopping up the embrasure;
une voie d'eau, to stop a leak.
aveuglette, marcher ft I'
, (mil.) to march at
random, feeling one's way.
aviateur, m., person fond of, or student of, the art
of aerial locomotion by flight.
aviation, f., flying, aerial locomotion (in imitation
of the flight of birds).
avir, v. a., to beat or hammer down edges.
avire, m., flying machine.
aviron, m., oar, sweep;
aller ft I' , to row;
de I'arriere, stroke oar;
assourdir les s, to muffle the oars;
de I' avant ^ bow oar:
du brigadier, bow oar;
du chefde nage, stroke oar;
coup d' , stroke of an oar;
s ft couple, double-banked oars;
degarnir, desarmer, les s, to unship, take in,
oars;
ttre ft V , to be rowing;
dgouverner, steering oar;
mater les s, to toss the oars;
s ft pointe, single-banked oars;
rentrer les s, to unship, take in, oars.
avis, m., notice, information; warning, caution;
advice; ( Fr. a.) report to minister of war by a
technical C9mmittee;
d' adjudication, (adm.) advertisement for
bids;
ecrit, memorandum;
d' expedition, (Fr. a., adm.) notice of transportation
of material by rail, sent and received
by the interested transportation officers (sousintendant);
motive, reasons (e. g., as by indorsements);
de passage, (Fr. a., adm.) notice of movement
of troops, sent by corps commander to
c. o. of regions, and to prefects of departments,
through which troops must pass;