A French-English Military Dictionary - Sturmpanzer.com

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clouterie, f., nail business, nail works.
coco, m., cocoa.
coefficient, m., coefficient;
de security, factor of safety.
coflre, m., chest;
d'arritre-train, (mach. gun, art.) coissonchost;
d'avant-train, (mack, gun, art.) limber chest,
de batterie, (art.) ammunition chest (heavy
artillery).
cogner, v. n., (mach.) to knock (of an engine).
coherer, v. n., (wireless) to cohere.
cohfireur, m., (wireless), coherer;
auto decohercnt, self decohering coherer;
& grenaille, granular coherer;
- & Umaitte, filings coherer;
d, poudre, powder coherer.
recepteurft , coherer;
& vide, vacuum coherer.
cohesion, f., (wireless) coherence
colffe, f., cap, cover;
couvre-nuque, (unif.) havelock.
colf!6, a., (art.) capped (of projectiles).
coiffer, v. t., (art.) to include the target (in bracketing);
to cap (a projectile).
coiffure, f., head dress;
"& la chien," the "mahomet," q. r., down
on forehead, and kepi pushed back.
coin, m., wedge;
de rattrapage, take-up wedge.
coincement, m., (mach., etc.) jamming.
col, m., collar;
rabattu, (unif.) falling collar.
colis, m., package;
du corps, (Fr. a.) personal parcel delivery;
& domicile (mil. slang) shell [lit. parcel to
be delivered].
collant, a., tight (as of trousers, etc.).
collationnement, m., comparison; (mil. tcl., etc.)
repeating (of a despatch).
collationner, v. t., to compare; (mil. tel., etc.) to
repeat (a despatch).
colle, f., (slang) oral examination.
collecteur, m., (mach.) water cavity; header,
receiver, buspipe (e. g., of a muffler); (elec.)
collector;
d'echappement, (mach.) exhaust manifold;
grand , (telephone) main line, main.
collcr, v. n., (mach., etc.) to stick.
collerette, f., fluted collar; (art.) cartridge hole (of
the diaphragm of a limber, etc., chest).
collet, m., (mach. gun) bushing.
collet-manteau, m., & capuchon, hooded cloak and
collar.
collier, m., collar;
d'atiache (trench art) securing ring;
de blocage (trench art) blocking ring;
& crochets (trench art) suspension collar (150
T. mortar).
de force, strait collar, (sort of strait-jacket);
de pointagc, (art.) trunnion-ring (trench
mortar);
de pointage en hauteur, (trench art.) elevating
collar;
de portage, (trench art.) carrying ring;
de senage, clamp, clamping ring;
support de miroir, (trench art.) mirror support;
a tourillons, (trench art.) trunnion sleeve
(150 T mortar).
collimateur, m., eollimator;
de reperage, (art.) registering collimator.
collier-ecrou, m., (mach.) screw collar.
collodionage, m., (phot.) collodion varnishing.
colmatage, m., warping (flooding).
colo, m., (mil. slang) the colonel.
colonibier, m., pigeon loft.
colombophile, m., (mil.) pigeon man.
colombophille, f., (mil.) pigeon (messenger)
service.
colon, m., colonist; (mil. slang) the colonelle
grand , (mil. slang) the general.
colonel, m., (mil.) colonel;
federal, colonel in the Swiss Army.
colonne, f., (mil., etc.) column; (in some relations)
stem; (inst.) spindle;
attelee, (mil.) horse-drawn column (guns
equipage, etc.);
equipage, etc.);
de direction, (aut,o.) steering pillar:
double, (mil.) double column (of sections
Fr. a., for a battalion, 2 companies in first
line and 2 in second, each in line of sections
by fotirs);
en echelon, (mil.) column in echelon;
en echiquier, (mil.) column checkerwise;
- en losange, (mil.) column in lozenge forma-
par un, (mil.) column of files;
en tete de pore, v. en trapeze;
en trapeze, (mil.) column in trapezium
formation;
en triangle, (mil.) column in triangle formation.
combat, m., combat;
b cheval, (cav.) mounted action;
continental (mil.) land fighting as distinguished
from maritime, q. r.
maritime, sea fighting;
b, pied (cav.) dismounted action;
de rues, (mil.) street fight, street fighting;
de rupture, (mil.) first assault, carefully
prepared, against the whole enemy position
battered by artillery; combat in the interior
of a position that has been entered.
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combine,
m., (eke.) set.
coinbler, v. t., to fill;
une vacance, (mil., etc.) to fill a vacancy.
comite, m., committee, board;
consultatif des chemins de fer, (r. r. adm.)
board reporting to minister of public works
on matters relating to new lines, purchase
or function of lines, road traction, etc., advisory
railway board, or commission;
consultatif d'hygiene publique de France, (Fr.
adm.) national board of health (assists minister
of the interior);
de I' exploitation technique des chemins de fer
(r. r. adm.) board charged with all questions
affecting police, safety and use of railways (assists
minister of public works).
commandant, m.,(Fr. nav.) thec. o.of a ship
(not necessarily a captain);
defrigate, (nav.) commander, (grade, U. S. N..
R. N.).
commando, f., (mach.) operating gear> controlling
mechanism; (inpl., aero.) controls;
de . (in combinations, frequently) working;
& distance, (mach., elec.) distant control;
double (aero.) double control;
fil de , control wire;
mecanisme de , (mach.) control mechanism;
mecanisme de electrique & distance, (elec.) dis-
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tant control electric mechanism;
pont de la , (aero. ) control bridge;
sd, pont, (aero.) bridge controls (dep.);
de roue par carre, (mach.) square axle system
of transmission;
de roue par chalne, (mach.) chain transmission;
de roue par pignon, (mach.) gear transmission;
de vitesses, (mach.) speed gear lever.
commandement, m., (mil.) commanding officer
(frequently); command, i. e., view over adjacent
territory; (law) writ;
le haut , (mil.) (sometimes) the supreme
command;
prendre le , (mil.) to take over command;
au sifflet, (mil.) whistle signal;
superieur, (mil.) higher command (division,
corps and army commanders).
commander, v. t., (mach.) to control, operate.
commis, m., clerk;
aux expeditions, dispatching clerk;
detresoreric, (mil.) paymaster's clerk.