A French-English Military Dictionary - Sturmpanzer.com

grade 546 gyroplane
grade de veille, noncommissioned officer on watch
in a trench.
gradient, m., (in meteorology) gradient.
gradin, m., step;
s appui-coude, (mil.) elbow rest;
s de franchissement, (mil.) trench steps (for
egress upon assaulting);
de sortie, (mil.) exit steps of a boyau.
gradometre, m., v. indicateur de pentc.
of West Point, of
gradue, m., graduate (e. g.,
Annapolis).
grain, m., grain, (mach.) bush, bushing;
d'appui, (mach. gun) thrust block;
d'orge, small turner's gouge.
graissage, m., lubrication;
par barbotage, (mach.) splash lubrication;
par circulation, (mach.) lubrication by circulation;
ordinary lubrication; (in some cases)
gravity lubrication;
ft, sous, pression, (mach.) forced lubrication.
graisse, f., grease, lubricant;
anti-rouille, rust preventer;
de bras, (fam.) elbow grease;
consistante, stiff lubricant.
graisser, v. t., to oil.
graisseur, m., grease cup, oil cup; oiler (person).
[The following terms are mechanical:]
ft bague, ring oiler;
central, central oil feed;
ft compte-gouttes, drip-feed lubricator;
ft coup de poing, hand-pump lubricator;
ft debit visible, sight-feed lubricator;
ft depart multiple, spray oiler;
distributee, lubricating-feed mechanism;
par gravite, gravity-feed lubricator;
mecanique, mechanical-feed lubricator, force
feed oiler;
ft percussion, hand oiler;
ft piston, v. ft coup de poing;
ft pompe, pump-feed lubricator;
ft pression de gaz, pressure-feed lubricator.
grand'garde, f., (mil.) support (of the line of outposts).
grand'route, f., highway.
graphique, m., graph.
gratte-papier, m., (slang) pen-pusher, quill-driver,
grattoir, m., scraper;
en demi-lune, semicircular scraper.
graver, v. t., to grave, engrave;
se , (sm. a., etc.) to be eaten, corroded (rifle
barrel, etc.).
gravillon, m., coarse gravel.
graviter, v. n., (mil. slang, St. Cyr), to go to the
hospital.
grenade, f., (mil.) grenade;
automatique, automatic grenade;
defensive, defensive grenade;
D. R., type of rifle grenade, joined to rifle by
a mandrel;
d'exercice, dummy grenade;
fumigene, smoke-producing grenade;
fusante, time grenade;
&fusil , rifle grenade;
incendiaire, incendiary grenade;
ft main, hand grenade;
offensive, offensive (used when attacking,
synonym of petard d'assaut);
de parapet, defensive grenade (with special
reference to its use in trenches);
suffocante, asphyxiating grenade;
ft nge, ri;le grenade, stick grenade;
V.B., the Viven Bessieres grenade.
grenadier, m., (mil.) grenadier; (to-day) bomber,
grenade thrower;
d' elite, (soldier specially skilled and bold in
the use of grenade) expert grenadier; (is a
formal designation in the French Army);
eltve , lance grenadier (man qualifying to
become a grenadier thrower) ;
officicr , officer on grenade duty, grenadier
oflicer.
grenadier V B, V B grenadier (throws the V B
grenade).
grenai-le, f., (elec.) granular carbon,
gres, m., glazed earthenware.
griffc, f., claw; clip, clamp;
d agrafaje, (r. r. art.) holding-down clamp;
de chirgcment, (art.) shell hooks;
d'entrainement, (trench art.) cocking catch.
gril, m., frame (as, for boats hauled out).
grille, f., (eZec.)grid;
ft
, ( mach.) said of a gear set having both lateral
and longitudinal motion (e. g., in change speed
gears).
d' entree d'eaux, strainer.
grippage, m., (mach.) gripping, jamming (of adjacent
running parts, not sufficiently oiled).
grippement, m., v. grippage.
gripper, v. t., to grip.
grisouteux, a., (of a coal mine) liable to fire damp.
griveton, m., (mil. slang) a private.
grolles, f., pi., (mil. slang) shoes.
gros,a.,large;
en , (com.) wholesale;
un noir, (mil. slang) large shell.
grotipe, m., (mach., elec.) set;
decanevasdetir, (roiZ.) (group of officers, etc.,
whose duty it is to prepare the canevas de tir,
q. v., one at each army headquarters); fire triangulation
group;
electrogene, (elec.) generator set;
moteur, (mach.) motor set;
moto-propulseur , (mach.) engine set.
groupement, m., (art.) group of heavy batteries
(corps and army),
gruc, f., (mach.) crane;
mobile ft fleche, mobile, transportable, crrane.
guerite, f., (mil.) sentry box;
mctallique, armored sentry box.
guerite-observatoire, f., (mil.) lookout shelter.
guerre, f., (sometimes, alone) Franco-Prussian
War, the war (before 1914);
de brousse, v. s. v. brousse;
de mouvement, open warfare, war in the open
field, as distinguished from trench warfare;
de positions, position warfare;
sainte, holy war (Mussulman);
de taupe, (mil. slang) trench warfare; (taupe*=
mole);
de tranchle, siege operations; (to-day) trench
warfare.
guetre, f., (auto.) sleeve or laced wrapping (for
punctured tires).
guetteur,m., (mil.) (in the trenches) lookout, man
constantly on the watch.
gueule, f., (art.,sm. a.) muzzle;
d'enfer, (hipp.) very hard mouth.
guidage, m., (mach.) valve guide.
guide, m., guide-book;
debielle, (mach. gun) cartridge guide cam
cover.
guide-beche, m., (trench art.) anchor guide (platform).
guide-poche, m., pocket-guide.
guide-ropage, m., (aero.), (use of the guide rope)
dragging.
guide-soupape, m., (mach.) valve guide.
guidon, m., (auto.) handle bar; (sm. a.) foresight;
fin, (t. p.) coarse sight;
grps, (t. p.) coarse sight;
pince ft droite (gauche), (t. p.) foresight to
right (left).
guignol,m., (aero.), king post.
guillemets, m. pi., quotation marks.
guitoune, f., (mil. slang) tent, shelter.
gutta, f., guttapercha.
gyroplane, m., (aero.) sort of helicopter.