A French-English Military Dictionary - Sturmpanzer.com

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pigeon de mobilisation, (mil.) service pigeon (1.5-8
years old).
postede s, (mil.) carrier-pigeon station;
de remplacement (mil.) substitute pigeon,
pigeon in training.
voyageur, (mil. slang) shell.
pigeonneau, m. ; young pigeon, squab.
piger, v. n., (mil. slang) to understand.
pignon, (mach.) pinion; gear;
; wheel or
pinion;
.) driving pinion;
conduit, driven gear;
conique, bevel gear;
de demultiplication, reducing gear;
distributeur, de distribution, valve gear
pinion;
d'entrainement, v. d'attaque;
manivelle, (mach. gun) breech mechanism
pinion.
de marche arriere, reversing gear;
s de prise continue, constant mesh gear;
satellite, intermediate pinion or gear;
tendeur, chain stretcher;
pile, f., (elec.) battery;
au bichromate a deux liquides, two-liquid
bichromate cell;
au bichromate fi un seul liquide, single fluid
bichromate cell;
bouteille, bichromate cell;
h depolirasant, depolarizing cell;
d'epreuve, testing battery;
d'essai, (elec.) testing battery.
b, liquide immobilisee, another name for
slche, dry battery.
pilicr, m., pillar;
de direction, (auto.) steering post.
pilote, m., (aero.) pilot;
d'aeronat, (aero.) dirigible pilot;
d 'altitude, altitude pilot (dirigible);
d'areostat, (aero.) balloon pilot;
aviateur, (aero.) airplane pilot;
d'hydroaeroplane, (aero.) hydroplane pilot.
pilote-aSronaute, m., (aero.) balloon pilot (spherical).
piloter, v. t., to pilot;
un cheval, (man.) to ride a horse.
pinard, m., (mil. slang) ordinary wine.
pince, f., pliers, pincers;
d'electricien, universal pliers (cutting, pipe
wrench, etc., all in one);
d gaz, pipe wrench, gas pliers;
& main, hand pliers;
plate coupante. flat cutting pliers;
& plomber, seal press;
universelle, v. d'electricien.
pinceau, m., brush;
d graisse, grease brush.
pinceau-graisseur, m., grease brush.
pincette, f., elliptical spring.
pinc.cn, m., nipping (of a pneumatic tire).
pingouin, m., (mil., aero., slang) beginner's practice
machine (has rudimentary wings).
pioche, f., pick;
de pare, (mil.) intrenching pick.
pionnier, m.. (mil.) pioneer;
de cavalerie, (cav.) cavalry pioneer.
pipe, f., pipe; pipe-shaped top of certain single
cylinder motors; pipe-shaped turbine.
piquage, m., (aero.) nose-dip.
pique-boyaux, m., (slang) fencing;
faire du , to fence.
piquer, v. n., (aero.) to dip, dive, nose down;
du nez, to nose dive.
piquet, m., (mil.) picket;
d'honneur, (mil.) the troops turned out, the
haie, q. v., on occasions of ceremony, at the
Chamber of Deputies, etc.; guard of honor.
metallique&vis, (mil. aero.) ironscrew anchor
(balloons).
de terre, (elec.) ground stake;
it, vis, (mil.) screw stake (wire entanglements).
piquetage, m.. picketing; (mil.') any staking or
marking out of lines.
piquet-beche, m., (trench art.) anchor (platform).
pis6, m., pis