A French-English Military Dictionary - Sturmpanzer.com

escadrille 540 eventail
escadrille de chasse, pursuit escadrille;
de combat, battle escadrille;
d' infanterie, infantry escadrille (assists infantry
combat);
de place, fortress aero squadron;
de protection, protecting escadrille;
escale, f., (aero.) landing;
faire a, to come down at;
port d' , station.
cscrime, f., fencing;
au fleuret, foil fencing.
espolette, f., (artif.) delay action plug.
esprit, m., spirit;
de sel (chem.) hydrochloric acid.
essai, m., trial, test;
d'etalonna,ge, (aero.) calibration test;
de portee, (art.) range trial, trial shot;
au sable, (aero.) sand test;
statique, v. au sable.
essence, f., gasoline; petroi;
& brulcr, fuel oil;
a eclair er, lamp oil, rectified oil;
legere, light oil;
lourde, heavy oil;
minerale, gasoline;
de pelrole, gasoline, petrol.
essieu, m., axle;
[Except where otherwise indicated, the following
terms relate to motor vehicles:]
arriere, rear axle; dead or carrying axle of a
motor;
avant, front axle, steering axle of a motor;
avant surbame,. bowed steering axle, dropped
axle, hanging axle;
brise, divided axle;
directeur, steering axle;
fictif, (Fr. a., r. r.) unit of capacity of a truck
or flat car (in respect of the transportation of
vehicles; the essieu fictif, is the space taken up
by the limber of the 75mm gun or of its caisson.
The materiel of a 75fnm battery takes 55essieux
fictifs);
au milieu de I' , (art.) at the center of the
traverse;
moteur, driving axle;
porteur, rear axle, dead axle, carrying axle;
profile, I-beam axle;
surbaisse, dropped axle;
tournant, driving axle, live axle (incorrect
name for rear axle of a voiture h cardan; the correct
term is pont arribre, q. v.);
tubulaire, tubular axle.
estoquiau, m., (mach., etc.) stop, pin, stud (any
pin or bolt limiting the play or motion of a part).
estrade, f : , platform;
de grenadiers, (mil.) grenade platform (in
trenches).
establissement, m., establishment, institution;
de repression, (adm.) penitentary.
etablir, v. t., to establish;
le pont volant, (pont.) to set a flying bridge;
etaler, v. t., to spread, spread out.
etalon, m., standard;
d bout, end standard.
6tape, f., (mil.) march;
commandement d' s, ( Fr. a.) c. o. and assistant
at railhead;
fournir I' , to make the trip, the distance;
I' de . . .
fournir d ... to ...
. . ., to march, go, from
etat, m.. state, report, return; error (of a clock,
watch);
de cession, report accompanying a transfer,
as, of a horse, of property, etc.;
D,(Fr.a.) report made on an officer setting
forth his qualifications for promotion;
K', (Fr. a.) consolidated report made in
Minister of War's office from the etats D.,
q. v. , in the case of officers serving with troops;
K', (Fr. a.) consolidated report made (in
Minister of AVnr's office for detached officers)
from the Hats D., q. v.
faire dc, to notice, take into account; to report;
etat naissant, (chem.) nascent state;
nat if, (chem.) native state;
recapitulatif , (adm.) consolidated report;
riverain, state bordering on, marching with.
etatisme, m., doctrine of the State (in contradistinction
with the doctrine of the individuality).
etat-majqr, m., (mil.) staff;
adminis/raiif, administrative as distinguished
from purely military staff;
central, headquarters staff.
etayer, v. t., (mil.) to stiffen, support, back up
(e. g., a front under fire).
Ctendard, m., (mil.) standard (cavalry color);
etoile, the Stars and Stripes.
etincelle, f., (dec.} spark;
d'allumage, igniting spark.
amortie, quenched spark;
d'arrachcment, break, or breakink spark;
d'extra-courant de rupture, break spark;
de rupture, break spark;
de tension, jump spark, high tension spark,
induction spark.
etiquette, f., ticket, label;
d'ecuric, (mil.) stable tag (bearing name, sire,
dam, and breed of a horse).
fitirer, v. t., (met.) to draw;
hfroid, to draw cold.
6tofle, f . , (hipp.) build, (in the sense of strength and
of endurance);
double caoutchoutee, (aero.) double rubberized
cotton;
de droit fil, (aero.) parallel thread cotton;
etoile, f.. (mach.) star wheel (small star-shaped
wheel for adjusting or setting a screw, rod.
stem, etc.); (mil. in pi.) the grade or dignity of
general officer; (Fr. a) star on the ribbon of the
croix de guerre, (bronze for citation in regimental
or brigade orders; silver, for division;
gold for corps orders);
eclairante, (artif.) light star, flare;
gagner ses s, (mil.) to get his stars, i. e.,to
be promoted general;
to, parachute, (artif.) parachute flare;
de la telegraphic militaire, a synonym of
cartouche signal, q. v.
etoqueau, m., v. estoquiau.
CtoquereaUj m. v. , estoquiau.
etoquiau, ra., v. estoquiau.
etoupe,f., waste.
etoupille, f., (art.) tutfe, (primer).
Stranger, a., foreign;
au ler , (mil.) in the 1st foreign (regiment).
etranglement, m., (in many relations besides
steam) throttling; (auto.) narrowing, cambering,
(of a motor car frame in front).
etrangleur, in., (mach.) throttling device, throttle,
throttle valve;
d'air, air throttle.
etrave, f., (aero.) stem.
etrier, m., stirrup; yoke; clip.
etrier-6peron, m., (harn.) spur and stirrup in one
(i. e., stirrup with spur permanently attached).
etui-boite, m., case.
etuve, f., stove;
d disinfection,
cylinder.
(med.) disinfecting stove or
evacuation, f., (mach.)
haust stroke.
evacuation, exhaust, ex-
$vader, v. r., to escape from, break jail; to escape
from confinement, imprisonment.
evasion, f., escape from jail, from imprisonment.
event, m., (mach. gun) gas port;
des erassrs, (mach. gun) cleaning tap;
de prise dc gaz (mach. gun) gas port;
de rcglage, (art.) adjusted setting (in a series
of four shots, two must burst high, and two
low).
ventail, m.,fan;
de la batterie, (art.) sheaf of fire;
du tir, v. de la batterie.