A French-English Military Dictionary - Sturmpanzer.com

direction 536 droit
direction des Stapes et services, (Fr. a.) direction of
the line of communications service, (the whole
subject of communications and supplies);
dufeu, (art.) fire direction;
d, essieu brise, v. & deux pivots;
irreversible, irreversible steering gear;
it levier, steering bar;
& secteur, v. h vis sans fin;
des services automobiles, (Fr. a.) motor transport
department;
tige de , v. s. v. tige;
ft vis sans fin, worm and sector steering gear;
d, volant, wheel steering gear.
direction-repere, f., (art.) registration direction,
reference direction.
directive, f., (mil.) instructions, general directions
(as, for an operation, a combat).
dlrigeable, a., dirigible, steerable; m., (aero.) dirigible
balloon;
rigide, rigid dirigible;
semi-rigide, semirigid dirigible;
souple, nonrigid dirigible.
dirigeabie-eclaireur, m., (aero.) scout dirigible.
dirigeable-vedette, m., (aero.) observing dirigible.
diriger, v. t., (aero.) to steer.
dislocation, f., (mil.) subdivision of troops (i. e.,
in assignment of stations).
disette, f., scarcity, dearth.
dispensaire-e'cole, m., (Fr. a.) sort of dispensary
and clinic.
dispense, f., exemption, waiver;
d'age, waiver of an age limit.
disposltif, m., arrangement, contrivance;
de rupture, (elec.) contact breaker.
disposition, f., disposition; arrangement;
s de combat, (art.) (may be translated) "take
equipments."
disque, m., disk;
d'appui, (art) supporting disk;
de direction, (aero.) steering disk;
defermeture, (r. r.) block signal.
disrupteur, m., (elec.) interrupter, break.
disrupture, f., (elec.) disruptive spark gap.
dissimulation, f., dissimulation;
de matiere, (adm.) incorrect entry of stores,
materials; material wrongly taken up.
dissolution, f., (auto.) cement (for repairing tires).
distance, f ., distance;
d'assaut, (mil.) assaulting distance;
de bonne rupture, v. s. v. rayon;
h courte , (mil.) at close quarters;
explosive, (wireless) spark gap; sparking
distance;
aux petites s, (mil.) at close quarters;
entre Us plans, (aero.) gap;
de rupture limite, v. s. v. rayon.
distillateur, m., distiller.
distribe, f., (mil. slang) distribution of mail.
distributeur, m., (elec.) contact maker, make-andbreak
key (more especially one for periodic
makes and breaks) ;
d'allumage, (elec.) ignition switch or contact
(for periodic makes and breaks);
compte-gouttes, (mach.) drip feed;
de courant, (elec.) current distributing key;
b, haute tension, v. de secondaire;
mecanique, mechanically operated contact
maker;
de primaire, (elec.) a synonym of allumeur in
monocylindric motors;
de secondaire, (elec.) high tension contact
maker.
distribution, f., distribution; (mach.) feed gear,
valve gear, valve mechanism.
doigt, m., finger;
de debrayage, (art.) releasing dog, jag. (156
C. S.)
domaine, m., domain;
eminent, (law) eminent domain;
forestier, national forests;
grand , a generic term for fiefs of all kinds,
estates, lordships, etc.;
militaire, so much of the public domain as
is military;
domaine national, State property;
petit , a generic term for waste land, swamps,
ponds, etc., houses, shops, heaths, moors, etc
(obs.);
prive militaire, generic term for barracks,
quarters, hospitals, arsenals, for forts, etc., no
longer in commission, etc.;
public, (generic term for roads, streams,
seashore harbors and (sea-) roads; gates, walls,
etc., of forts or fortresses, and in general for
all property of any sort whatsoever not susceptible
of private appropriation or use);
State property;
public artificiel, canals, roads, railways;
public concede, all railways not operated, by
theState; canals not State property, toll bridges;
public fluvial, streams (navigable and floatable);
public maritime, generic term for seashores,
ports, roads, havens, whether natural or artificial
(in short, for any part of the sea under
national control in fishing or navigation);
public militaire, (generic term for all terrain
and works used in the public defense); military
reservations;
public monumental, generic term for all
monuments, churches, and other construction
of general interest;
public national, the same as public, q. v.
public naturel, rivers and sea shores;
public non concede, railways operated by the
State, public canals, etc.;
tomber dans le public, to become public property
(e. g., an expired patent).
dommages-intrts, m., pi., (law) damages.
donner, v. n., (art.) to fire, open fire.
dos, m., back;
d'ane, water bar; (top.) small ridge, hog back.
dosage, m., proportions, (as of air and gasoline in
an explosive mixture).
doseur, m., (mach.) feed regulator;
d'air, air regulator (of automatic carbureters).
dossier, m., papers;
du personnel, (Fr. a.) formerly, personal
efficiency reports by the lieutenant-colonel of
the regiment or head of a service;
de tir, (art.) (papers, tables, information relating
to an emplacement; comprises planchette
de tir and carnet de tir); artillery record.
doublard, m., (mil. slang) sergeant.
double, m., (mil. slang) sergeant-major.
doublement, m., duplication (of images in certain
range finders).
doubler, v. t., to duplicate; to accompany (as an
assistant).
doublure, f., substitute, understudy.
douille, f., sleeve, socket;
& ba'ionnette, (sm. a.) bayonet socket (used
also in mechanical relations);
obturatrice, (art.) obturating cartridge case;
porte-aviorce, (art.) primer case socket;
de prise de courant (elec.) connection socket;
de roulement, nave box;
de retenue, (art.) locking sleeve.
douille-entretoisS, f., (trench art.) socket-transom
(240 C. T. truck).
draperie, f., drapery; bunting used in decoration:
d'enseigne, (mil.) flag cloth, bunting.
drisse, f., (com.) lashing in general, any temporary
lashing.
droguiste, m., druggist.
droit, m., tax, due, fee; law;
administratif , (adm.) body of regulations necessary
to the public administration;
d'asile, right of asylum;
commun. (law) ordinary law (civil or common),
as distinguished from military law;
constitutional, (law) constitutional law;
de controlc, (adm.) right to check (the ad-
ministration of subordinates);
executif, (law) right of seizure, of arrest;
international, (law) international law;
de passage, (r. r.) right of way;