A French-English Military Dictionary - Sturmpanzer.com

oucher 519 brigadier
bouclier, m., butcher;
les s noirs, (mil. slang) the French artillery.
bcmcherie, f., butchers'
shop;
roulanle, (mil.) traveling or field butchers'
shop.
bouclie-trou, m., (slang) a substitute.
bouchon, m., stopper, plug; (mach.) atomizer
(of a spray carburetor);
-allumeur, (mil.) ignition priming;
amortisscur, (art.) buffer (trench mortar);
d'appni, (mach. gun) spring guide cap;
cache-poussiere, dust cap;
de chambre & gaz, (mach. gun) gas chamber
cap;
de culasse, (trench art.) breech-closing plug;
(210 O. T. mortar)tifermelure
rapide, quick closing plug;
de moyeu; hub cap;
pcrcuteur, (mil.) plug-striker (of the D. R.
grenade);
porte-retard, (artif.) delay action plug:
de prise de courant, (flee.) contact plug:
de remplissage, (mach. gun and in gen.) filling
hole plug;
soluble, (expl.) soluble plug (safety device):
de valve, valve cap;
de vidange, drain tap.
fooucle, f., buckle;
double, double irons (punishment).
boucler, v. t., to buckle, buckle together;
la boude, (aero.) to loop the loop;
son budget, (fam.) to make both ends meet;
deux, trois, etc., lignes (mil. telephone) to loop
two, three, etc., lines together.
bouclier, m., shield;
anicule, (art.) apron, apron shield;
coulissant, (art.) apron;
individual de parapet, (mil.) trench shield;
mobile, (art.) apron;
offensif individuel, (mil.) shield for open
fighting;
- & rabattement, (mil.) folding-down trench
shield;
roulant individuel, (mil.) rolling shield;
en idle et sable, (mil.) double shield, plates
separated by siliceous sand.
fooudin, m., wad;
d'air (auto.) pneumatic tire.
bougeoir, m., candlestick.
bougie, f., candle; (mach.) spark plug;
d'allumage, spark plug;
& disrupture, external spark-gap plug.
boule, f., (mach.) fly ball of a governor; (inst.)
bulb (as of a thermometer); (mil. slang) issue
bread, soldier bread;
prise de son, (mil. min.) sound ball (for tapping
sounds in a mine).
boulon, m., bolt;
de chaine, sprocket chain bolt;
de securite, safety bolt.
bourdon, m., pole; (mil. slang) old horse.
bourrelet, m., flange, edge, or bead of a tire cover
(pneumatic tire).
bourroir, m., (min.) tamper.
bousin, m., rotten ice.
boutefeu, m.. (expl.) (generic term for) igniter
(e. g., Bickford fuse).
bouteille, f., bottle;
& gaz, gas cylinder.
bouton, m., button; (dec.) plug;
d'angle de site, (art.) angle of site knob (155
CTR);
d'appel, (tel, etc.) push, pushbutton;
de commande, working head, adjusting knob;
de derivation (art.) drift angle knob;
double, stud, as on a gun sling;
de manoeuvre, (sm. a.) operating handle;
(of thefusil mitrailleur):
mettre au to train to a fine , point;
d'oreille, (mil.) sort of earmark or button
(on cattle);
-r=- ti pointeau, (mach. gun) regulator bolt arm
knob;
bouton ft
poussoir, push button;
de tir rapide, (mach. gun) releasing button
(releases rapid-fire devices, mod. 1907 T).
boutonnlere, f., buttonhole; ribbon on button of
an order (worn in the button hole).
bowden, (proper name; aero, slang) flexible shaft.
boxe, f., crib (as for grain).
boyau, m., (mil.) boyau (a boyau is a trench of
communication, perpendicular to the front;
the tranchee is roughly parallel to the front);
d'acces, approach, boyau of access;
de commandcment, (gives access to commanding
officer's post, and receives communications
from the rear) commanding officer's boyau;
debout, boyau straight ahead (toward the
enemy);
d'evacuation, evacuation boyau;
principal d'adduction, main boyau to the
front;
principal d'evacuation, main boyau to the
roar (must be wide enough to take a stretcher);
secondaire, small boyau;
de surveillance, lookout boyau (between two
trenches, two centers of resistance, etc.);
bracelet-montre, m., wrist watch.
brancard, m., (med., etc.) litter;
a bretelles, (mil., med.) sling litter;
trainant, (med.) travels.
branehe, f., (aero.) propeller blade;
ft coulisse, slidins: joint (as of a tripod leg);
d'fquiprcssion, (aero.) branch of equal pressure
(balloon sleeve).
defermeture, (mach. gun) breech tenon support;
de percussion, (mach. gun) percussion arm.
branchement, m., branching; (artif., erpl. mil.
min.) combination of two or more fuses with
the principal (cordeau maltre);
multiple, multiple branching (more than one
secondary fuse);
simple, simple branching (only one secondary).
brancher, v. t., (elec.) to plug in, to connect.
brande, f., (top.) heath.
braquage, m., (auto.) change of direction of steering
wheels;
angle de , steering angle (i. e., made by piano
of wheels with original position).
braquer, v. t., (aero.)' to fix and hold the rudder
at a given or desired angle.
bras, m.,arrn;
de commande, (mach.) any controlling or
actuating arm or lever;
de pivot, pivot arm of a steering bar (motor
car).
braser, v. t., (met.) to solder;
au cuivre, to copper solder.
brasser, v. t., to stir (liquids, gases).
bretelle, f., suspender;
de suspension (mil.) .belt suspenders, bolt
straps;
de tirage, breast strap.
brevet, m., (com.) patent (as of an invention);
demande de , patent application.
breveter, v. t., to patent.
bricole, f.. breast strap, dragrope;
& bras, dragrope;
bride, f., clip;
d'agrafage,
(platform);
(trench art.) assembling strap
d'embrelage, (pont) lashing strap;
brigade, f., (r. r. adm.) detachment of railway mail
service;
neutre, (mil.) neutral brigade (exercises oversight
over both parties in mining maneuvers at
full strength);
topographique, (mil.) topography squad.
brigadier, m., "boss " of a gang of workmen;
d'equipe, (mil.) head or leader of a detail or
squ; ,
des haras, (Fr. adm.) sort of upper groom in
the government studs;