A French-English Military Dictionary - Sturmpanzer.com

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ban de reception, call before presentation of
medal or cross of Legion of Honor, or appearance
of an officer before his men for the first
time.
bananier, m., (cord.) manila hemp.
banasse, f.. handbarrow.
bane, m., bench; bank; reef, shoal; thwart (of a
boat); (mach.) frame of a lathe;
d'alesage, (sm. a.) boring-bench;
d 'artifices, (artif.) laboratory table;
de brouillard, fog-bank;
de chargement, (art.) filling-bench;
d'epreuve, (sm. a.) proof-bench;
& etalonner, gauge-bench, standard bench,
for measures of length;
h etrangler, (artif.) choMng-frame, choMngpress:
a forer, de forerie, (mach.) boring-
bench;
de mouleur, molder's bench;
de nage, thwart (of a boat);
pied de , (mil. slang) sergeant;
& rabattement, folding-bench, folding-back
bench.
de rameur, thwart (of a boat);
de rayage, (art., sm. a.) rifling bench;
de sable, (top.) sand bank.
bancal, m., curved saber (Revolution and First
Empire); curved saber (popular).
bandage, m., bandage; hoop; tire (of a wheel);
surgical bandage;
: compose, a surgical bandage made of several
pieces and shaped for a given purpose;
& fracture, bandage for a broken limb;
hcrniaire, truss;
mecanique, surgical brace or frame; e. g., a
truss for hernia;
pneumatique, pneumatic tire (bicycle,
etc.);
de roue, tire;
simple, ordinary surgical bandage.
bande, f., band, strap; back-strap (of a shoe);
tire (of a wheel); gang, set, crew, band;
compression (of a spring); flight (of pigeons);
(steam) lip of a slide-valve; (hipp.) leg-bandage,
leg-band, strap; (mach.) belt or cord, band
(over a pulley); (sm. a.) upper part of revolver
frame, connecting console .and. rempart; (harn.)
side-bar (of a saddle); (nav.) list, roll (to starboard,
port); (unif.) trouser stripe (gold or
silver) worn by officers of the military household
of the President and by personal stafis
of ministers of waf and of navy, and of marshals
of France;
d'argon, (harn.) side-bar, saddletree bar;
de calage, (art.) chocking rac-er;
de cartouches, Maxim cartridge belt;
de chargement, loading belt (Maxim);
de cible, (t p.) horizontal stripe on target.
at 6.50, 1.10"S 1.60 m , respectively, above
ground, to enable rapid estimate of effect of
fire at those heights;
circulaire, fifth wheel (of a wagon, etc.);
cruciale,.(hipp.) cross on withers;
du cylindre, (steam) cylinder face;
diagonals, (in gen.) diagonal brace;
d'tcartement, stay bar or rod; distancepiece;
de I'embouchoir, (sm. a.) upper band;
d'epreuve, test piece, test specimen;
d'essieu, axletree band;
d'excentrique-, (mach.) eccentric strap;
dfourche, (mach., etc.) forked strap;
de friction, (mach., etc.) friction band or
strap;
defrottement, friction plate (of a wheel, etc.);
friction strap;
de frottement du tiroir, (steam) valve-
. dpansement,
de fusil, (sm. a.) band, slide;
du garrot, (harn.) head plate (of a sad-
de groupement, (t. p.) probability zone or
band (imaginary) on a target;
dejonction, (carp., etc.) butt-strap;
laterals, (art.) side-strap, cheek-strap:
molletiere, (unif.) puttee;
ft oreilles, axletree band;
surgical bandage, strip;
bande de pantalon, (unif.) trouser stripe;
plate , v. s. v. plate;
de recouvrement, (art.) garnish -plate, cheek-
plate;
de renfort, (art., etc.) any reenforcing plate
or strap;
d'un ressort, set, bending, compression of a
spring;
de revolver, v. supra s. v. bande;
de rognon, (harn.) cantle-plate (of a sad-
dle);
de roue, tire of a wheel;
de sassoire, sweep-bar band;
de selle, v. d'arqon;
sous , (art.) trunnion bedplate;
de support, (art.) shaft-brace, of a mountaingun
carriage;
sus , (art.) cap-square;
de tiroir, (steam) lap of a slide-valve;
h tourillonSf (art.) axle-socket strap or band
(of a gin).
bande, a., (sm. a., r. f. art.) cocked; (of a
spring) set, compressed; (mil, etc.) blindfolded;
au , (sm. a., r.f. art.} at full cock;
cran du , (sm. a.) full-cock notch;
position du , (sm. a., r.f. art.) cocked position,
position of full cock.
bandeau, m., bandage, (esp. mil.) a bandage
over the eyes; (unif.) band around a forage
cap; (mas.) string-course; (tech.) iron
plate, wider than bande and narrower than
plaque,'
de bee, (pont.) bow (or stern) strap of a
ponton-boat.
bandelette, f., small strap (esp. of iron, tin, etc.);
narrow strap or strip;
contre , small strap (so called because placed
over against a bandelette).
bander, v. a., to bend, stretch, compress,
wind up, set (a spring); to bind, tie; to line
at the edges; (sm. a., r. f. art.) to cock (a
piece);
se , to compress itself (as a spiral spring);
un tambour, (mil.) to tighten the strings of
a drum;
les yeux, to blindfold.
bandereau, m., trumpet-cord, bugle-cord.
banderole, f., banderole, streamer; small flag;
bugle-cord; shoulder-belt (of man-harness);
pistol-belt; support of cavalry sapper's
tool; belt, cross-belt (obs.); sling (of a flag,
etc.);
de bricole, shoulder strap or belt (of manharness);
coup de , (fenc.) diagonal cut (from shoulder
toward belt).
bandiere, f., flag, ensign (obs.);
front de , (mil.) front of an army; line or
ground in front of a camp, or of an army in
camp or in bivouac, and on which stacks are
made; ground along front toward enemy, when
troops are camped in column; color-line of a
camp (U. S. A.).
bandouliere, f., shoulder-belt (obs.);
en , slung across the shoulder.
banlieue, f., suburbs; (adm.) territory in neigh-
borhood of a fort, and depending on it, in an
administrative point of view.
banniere, f., banner, ensign, flag, standard (not
a military term).
bannir, v. a., to banish, exile.
bannissement, m., banishment, exile.
banquet, m., (harn.) lower part of the cheek of
a bit; rivet-hole in same.
banquette, f., long bench; footpath (pavement)
(rare); stretcher (of a boat); (art.)
platform of chassis of seacoast carriage; (fort.)
banquette;
d'artitterie. (fort.) artillery banquette;
d'infantene, (fort.) infantry banquette;
de
pointage, (art.) aiming platform;
talus de , (fort. ) banquette slope.
banquise, f., ice jam, ice pack (in a river); ice
pack, in general.
bapteme, m.. baptism;
defeu, (mil.) first exposure to fire.
baquet, m., bucket, "
tub, trough;
de proprete, ( Fr. a.) latrine tub.