A French-English Military Dictionary - Sturmpanzer.com

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balancler decoupoir, cutting-press (washers,
etc V
& friction, screw fly press, worked by a friction
wheel;
de pompe, spear of a pump;
sertisseur, (mach., art.) seating press, crimping-in
press;
(tc de } (mach.) beam end;
transversal, cross beam;
d vis, fly or screw press.
balancine, f., (cord.) topping lift;
de gui, topping lift of a boom.
balant, m., (cord.) bight or slack of a rope;
embraquer le , to take in the slack.
balast, m., ballast (usually ballast).
balayage, m., sweeping.
balayer, v. a., to sweep, to clear; (mil.) to
clear a position, an area, of the enemy;
(also) to sweep by fire.
balayette, f., (powd.) small hair brush.
balayure, f., sweepings;
de poudrerie, (powd.) gunpowder dust,
sweepings.
baldaquin, m., baldaquin, canopy with curtains.
balisage, m., setting, planting of buoys.
balise, f., beacon, buoy;
bateau , bdtiment , light-ship;
de direction, range-buoy;
d signal, signal beacon.
balisticien, m., expert in ballistics, writer on
ballistics; ballistician.
balistique, a. and f., ballistic; ballistics;
experimentale, practical, experimental
ballistics;
exterieure, exterior ballistics;
graphique, graphical ballistics;
inter ieure, interior ballistics ;
de
penetration,
ballistics Of penetration;
rationnelle, rational, theoretical ballistics.
balistite, f., (expl.) balistite (Italian smokeless
powder, also spelled ballistite).
baliveau, m., tree left standing when timber is
cut, so as to reach full growth.
ballage, m., (met.) operation of
balle, q. v.
ballast, rn., (r. r.) ballast; crowbar.
ballastage, m., (r. r.) ballasting.
balle, f., ball; (sm. a., art.) bullet;
-ardente, (artif.) light-ball;
making fer
d' artifice, (artif.) fire-ball;
en bouche, (mil. ) with the honors of war;
calepinee, patched bullet;
de calibre,
cannelee,
bullet;
dcalibrer, proof-bullet;
d cannelures, cannelured
cartouche d , ball cartridge;
conique, conical bullet;
ciiblcr de s, to riddle with bullets;
d culot, bullet with capsule (culot) in rear,
to cause expansion (obs.);
*-
-lyublee, (in target practice) a bullet hole
cut or enlarged by a subsequent bullet
(where two or more bullets strike a bullet
hole, the balle is said to be triplee, quadruplee);
a , eclairer, (siege, etc.) light-ball;
egaree, stray bullet;
-ensabotee, bullet seated in
sabot (obs.);
d enveloppe, jacketed bullet;
a pasteboard
d'essai, (t. p.) sighting shot;
evidee, bullet with hollowed base;
expansive, expanding bullet;
faire , (of bird shot) to stick together when
fired, instead of spreading;
dfeu, (artif.) fire-ball;
afeud carcasse. (artif.) carcass;
dfumee, (artif.) smoke-ball;
defusil, rifle bullet;
luisante, (artif.) light-ball;
lumineuse, v. dfeu;
mise, (t. p.) hit (on target);
a mitraille, (art.) case-shot bullet, canister
bullet;
morte, spent bullet;
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balle multiple, fragmentation bullet (canon &
balles);
oblongue, ovoidal bullet (theoretically the
best, but completely abandoned);
perdue, spent bullet; unaimed shot, shot
fired at hazard;
de pleinfouet, (t. p.) direct hit;
quadruplee, v. doublee;
* de remplissage, (art.) shrapnel bullets;
d sabot, bullet with wooden sabot (obs.);
spheriquc, spherical bullet, (obs., except
in gallery practice and for shrapnel and
canister);
d teton et d evidement, bullet in hollowed
base of which was fitted a lug or nipple
(teton) to cause expansion (obs.);
tirer d . to fire ball cartridge;
tire , (sm. a.) worm;
triplee, v. doublee,'
tubulaire, tubular bullet;
vive, a bullet whose energy
is not all
spent.
bailer, v. a., (met.) to make/er lalle, q. v.
ballon, m.,'balloon; big-bellied jar; (top.)rounded
or dome-like hill or mountain ;
d' artifices, (artif.) fire-balloon;
auxiliaire, (Fr. balloon park) second or
additional balloon, will take up one man;
captif, captive balloon;
captif type, the balloon of the French
baltoqn park;
dirigeablc, dirigible ballon;
d'essai, pilot balloon;
gazometre, (Fr. balloon park) a balloon
that carries a reserve of gas, does not ascend;
grappin de , balloon anchor;
libre, free balloon;
monter un , to be. or go up, in a balloon;
montgolfiere, hot-air balloon;
nacelle de , balloon car;
non monte, balloon having no man in car,
balloon without a car;
de signaux, signal balloon;
tir sur , (art.) firing at a balloon;
tirer sub , (art.) to fire at a balloon.
ballonn, a., (hipp.) hidebound.
ballonnement, m.. swelling.
ballonnet, m., small balloon.
ballot, m., bale.
ballottade, f., (man.) ballotade.
ballot tement, m., shaking, jolting; (art.) ballotting
of a projectile in a smooth-bore gun;
"tumbling," irregularity of a projectile in
its flight.
ballotter, v. a., to shake, jolt; to wobble (as
an imperfectly seated rivet); (art.) to ballot
(projectile in smooth-bore gun); to tumble.
balustrade, f., balustrade; any breast-high,
open-work fence.
balzan, a., (hipp.) cheval , black or bay
with white marks on his feet (used also as
a noun).
balzane, f., (hipp.) white mark or markings on
a horse's leg (balzane is, strictly speaking,
"white foot," the white not rising above
fetlock);
grande , half-stocking, halfway up canon.
large white foot;
grande chaussee, white stocking;
grande Jiaut chaussee, high stocking;
grande tres haut chaussee, a very high
stocking (practically a white leg);
incomplete, incomplete white foot, not surrounding
the member;
petite , white marking on coronet and pastern,
small white foot.
bambou, m., bamboo.
ban, m., ban; banishment; proclamation;
(mil.) roll of a drum or trumpet call, giving
notice of an official announcement (e. g.,
investiture of insignia of Legion of Honor,
appearance of an oflacer before the men he is
to command);
battre un , to give notice by beat of drum;
fermeture du , roll of drum following announcement;
ouverture du , roll of drum preceding announcement;