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canton 522 cartouche
canton, m., (France) political unit composed, for
certain joint administrative purposes, of two
or more communes (is not a person at law);
canton.
cantonnement, m., (mil.) cantonment;
d'alerte, a cantonment in which an alarm is
to be expected (officers stay with their men, no
one undresses) ; alarm cantonment ;
de rafraichissement, (mil.) rest cantonment;
surface de , billeting area.
cantonnement-bivouac, m., (mil.) cantonment
in which the troops are lodged as far as accommodations
go, with the remainder bivouacking.
caoua, m., (mil. slang) coffeS.
caoutchouc, m., caoutchouc;
durci, hard rubber.
capiston, m., (mil slang) the captain.
capitaine, m., (mil., nan.) captain;
de corvette, (nav.) lieutenant commander
(grade U.S.N.,R.N.);
instructeur de tir, ( Fr. a.) musketry officer;
dejour, (mil.) captain of the day (in attack
by mines, assistant to the engineer officer in
charge).
capiton, m., cushioned back (of a seat).
capitonnage, m., upholstery, cushioning.
capitonner, v. t., to upholster, to tuft.
caporal-approvisionneur, m., (mil.) corporal
in charge of an ammunition supply squad; ammunition
corporal.
caporal-vigie, m., (mil.) look-out corporal.
capot, m., cowl; (auto.) bonnet, hood.
capotage, m., (aero.) somersault.
capote, f., top, hood (of a carriage, auto, etc.);
(unif.) (infantry) overcoat.
capoter, v. n., (aero.) to turn turtle; to somersault,
captage, m., piping (of water, from its source).
captation, f., telephone tapping.
capter, v. t., to pipe (water); to tap (a telephone).
capteur, m., (nav.) captor;
d'ondes, (wireless) wave receiver (said of a
wire).
capuchon, m., hood;
de valve, valve guard (of a tire).
caramanage, m., mandrelling.
carburant, m., a generic term for the fuel (gasoline,
alcohol, petroleum) used in explosion engines.
carburation, f., carburation.
carburateur, m., (mach.) carbureter;
h alcool, etc. alcohol carbureter , (and similarly
of other combustibles) ;
automatique, compensation carbureter:
automatique & giclage et & niveau constant,
automatic float feed spray carbureter;
h barbotage, splash carbureter, (obs.);
a champignon simple, simple cone carbureter
(no needle valve);
ft contact, generic term for carbureters of the
surface and splash types;
acourantsparalleks, (any carbureter in which
the air current is sensibly parallel to the direction
of spray) parallel flow carbureter;
& cpurants perpendicuMres, any carbureter
in which air flow is perpendicular to spray flow;
perpendicular flow carbureter;
& distribution automatique, generic term for
automatic carbureters;
& distribution mecanique, mechanically operated
carbureter;
& giclage, spray carbureter;
& lechage, surface carbureter;
ft, meches, wick carbureter ;
it niveau constant, float feed carbureter;
noye, flooded carbureter;
ft pulverisation, spray, atomizing, carbureter;
ft reglage automatique, compensating carbu-
reter;
a reglage de I'air, extra air carbureter;
carburateuv & teglage de I'air et de V essence, extra
air gasoline control carbureter;
h reglage de V essence, gasoline control carbureter.
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carbure , a., carburated.
carcasse, f . , (aero. ) frame (over which are stretched
the membranes of the wings or body).
cardan, m., (mach.) universal joint;
& double articulation, double joint or coupled
cardan shaft,
longitudinal, (avto.) longitudinal cardanic
transmission, (system of transmission from gear
box to rear lr. e axle by a cardanically controlled
longitudinal shaft) ;
transversal, (auto.) cross cardanic transmission,
(system in which the wheel shafts are directly
controlled by cardanic transmission) ;
& une articulation, single joint or coupled
cardan shaft.
carenage, m., (nav.) careening;
forme de , careening ways.
carfcne, f., (aero.) the lower part of the envelope of
a dirisiblo or of its frame; (by extension) the
envelope or frame itself.
jcarlingage, m., (aero.) engine bed.
carlingue, f., (aero.) car, nacelle; cock pit.
carnet, m., notebook;
it depeches, (mil.) dispatch book;
multicopiste, (mil.) copying notebook;
de position, (art.) emplacement record;
de tir, (art.) battery firing record;
carrfi, m., (macJi.) square shaft.
carreau, m., square (of a squared map);
de reduction, reducing square, (for copying a
drawing or map on a smaller scale).
carrefour, m., (mil.) intersection of boyaux,
trenches.
carrelage, m., tiling (small);
& caoutchouc & emboitcment, interlocking rubber
tiling.
carriere, f., (man.) instruction in jumping (Saumur).
carrosserie, f., (auto.) carriage body, carriage
proper;
h entree laterale, side entrance body.
carotte, f., carrot.
carotter, v. t. , le pieu, (mil. slang) to sleep
late (Saumur).
carroy*;, a., squared, in squares (as, a map).
carte, f., map;
aeronautique, (aero.) aeronautical map;
d'artillerie, (art.) (artillery) fire map;
de batterie, (art.) battery chart;
d'identite, (mil.) identification card;
& main levee, freehand topographical sketch
or map;
quadrillee, squared map, graticulated map,
map in squares;
du temps, weather map.
carte-itin6ralre, f., (r. r.) guide map.
carter, m., (mach.) motor casing, engine casing;
crank case;
& bain d'huile, splash-about (crank) case;
petit , gear, case.
carton, m., pasteboard; pasteboard box;
bitumt, (cons.) tarred paper.
cartonneux, a., resembling pasteboard, stiff (like
pasteboard).
cartouche, f., (sm. a., artif.) cartridge; (in signaling)
any device or fireworks discharged by a
pistol or gun;
eclairante, (artif.) flare;
eclairante d, parachute, (artif.) parachute flare
(releases a star fitted with a parachute);
tifausse balle (sm.a.) dummy cartridge;
de lancement, (rifle) grenade cartridge;
de saluL (art.) saluting cartridge.
signal, (artif.) signal cartridge;
& signaux, v. signal;