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Dorte-cartcs 563 poste
porte-cartes ra., (aero.) map holder.
porte-cartouches, m., (sm. a.) short cartridge
belt or holder.
porte-charge, m., (sm. a.) cartridge belt.
porte-contact, m., (elec.) contact holder.
porte-depfiche, m., (mil.) message tube (carrier
pigeon).
porte-dfttonateur, m., (tr. art.) detonator cylinder,
tube.
portee, f., reach, stretch; (mach.) bearing length
(of a trunnion or journal, length of the bearing
itself); (fond.) core holder, or support; (telephone,
etc.) span;
acnenne, air span;
pouter d, grande , (pont.) to bridge with extended
bays.
porte-galons, a., (mil.) chevron wearing.
porte-grenades, a., (mil.) grenade carrying;
ceinturon , grenade belt;
panier , grenade basket.
porte-lance, m., (mil.) nozzle man (of a flame projector);
sapeur , nozzle man.
porte-lanterne, m., lamp bracket, holder.
porte-manteaux, m., clothes hook.
porte-matfcriel, m., (art.) carrying bar.
porte-materiels, m., (art.) equipment cart.
porte-mines, m., (torp.) torpedo planter.
porte-mitrailleuse, m., (mach. gun) gun support
(of a gun cart).
porte-objet, m., slide (of a projection lantern).
porte-parole, m., spokesman.
porte-pliare, m., lamp fork or bracket.
porte-plume, m., penholder;
a reservoir, fountain pen.
porter, v. t., to carry;
une depeche, (mil. slang) to have one's horse
run away.
porte-relais, m., (art.) relay-carrier.
porte-savon, m., soap dish, soap holder.
porte-tourillons, m. , (mach.gun) trunnion bracket.
porteur, m., bearer, holder; (mil.) gabion, sandbag,
carrier;
de billet, (r. r.) holder of a ticket.
porte-vetre, m., (inst.) lens-holder (any rim or
border holding a lens or glass).
porte-vcix, m., speaking trumpet;
megaphone, megaphone.
portier-consigne, m., (Fr. a.) (formerly, gatekeeper
of a fortress, usually a retired n. c. o.);
foreman (in certain construction shops or
offices); clerk or representative of the engineer
department (in places annexes, q. v.).
portifcre, f., door curtain, coach door; (pont.) raft;
d coulisse, sliding door;
double, double raft;
double double, two double rafts side by side;
de navigation, (mil.) pontoon raft (part of a
bridge);
d rabattement, folding down door;
de transport, (mil.) pontoon raft, (forms no
part of a bridge).
portique, (siege) covered portion of a sape debout,
to protect against enfilade.
port-magasin, in., (Fr. a.) depot in a river
or canal port.
pose, f., laying;
aerienne, (mil. tel., etc.) laying above ground;
& terre, (mil. tel., etc.) surface laying.
poseur, in., fitter; (siege) sandbag layer;
de mines, (art., nav.) mine planter.
position, f., position;
d'attente, (art.) waiting position (pieces
limbered);
de demi-route, (art.) short travel position
(transport to short distances);
de deplacement, (art.) change position, (to
deceive the enemy);
fausse , (mil.) dummy position;
position, de surveillance, (art.) waiting position
(pieces unlimbered, against enemy expected at
a certain point) ; position of expectation;
de vol, (aero.) flying position.
poste, f., post office:
petite, (in newspapers) questions and answers,
answers to correspondents.
poste, in., post; (art., sm. a.) "home" or seat of
a projectile or cartridge;
d'armee, (mil. teleg.) (station between lines
to the front and corps and division headquarters);
army transit station;
d'arrivec, (mil. sig., etc.) receiving station:
avance, (mil. telephone) advanced telephone
station;
de commandement. (mil.) commanding officer's
station (especially in trench warfare);
command post;
de contrdle, ( Fr. art.) checking or comparing
station (name given to wireless station of a
groupement; follows the work of airplanes serving
groups and the batteries of a groupemcnt,
as well as the infantry planes in the zone of the
groupement);
de depart, (mil. sig., etc.) sending station;
d'eau filtrec, (mil.) drinking fountain in barracks;
d'ecoute, (mil.) listening post;
d'ecoute telephonique, telephonic listening
post (has telephonic communication with the
rear);
emetteur, (tel., etc.) sending station;
d'entretien, (mil.) repair post (of a bridge;
engineers);
& I'epreuve, (mil.) shell-proof post or station;
d'eiamen, (mil.) examining post (outpost
duty);
& fixe, (mil.) stationary;
grand , (mil.) main, central, listening post;
de guetteur, (mil.) lookout post, sentry post
(trenches);
intermediate en derivation (embrochc), (telephone)
shunt (series) way-station;
de jonction, (mil. teleg.) connecting station
(between lines to the front and those to the rear ) ;
d'observateur, (mil.) observing-post;
d''observation, (mil.) observing station or post;
optique, (mil.) searchlight station;
de pansement, (mil. med.) dressing station;
petit , (mil. ) sort of outpost in front of the first
trenches; small listening post;
photo-elcctrique, (mil.) searchlight station
(dynamo wagon and projector);
de pigeons, (mil.) carrier pigeon station.
de police, police station, police headquarters;
{mil.) (infantry) post guarding a bridge; (mil.
in gen.) any guard post;
. du
portatifde T.S. F., portable wireless set;
de protection, (mil.) (in bridge guarding an
upstream) post on the lookout for floating
objects (may be downstream occasionally);
quartier general, (mil. teleg.) headquarters
telegraph station;
de raccordement, (mil. teleg.) connecting station
(between army lines and army group lines) ;
de rasscmblement, (mil.) alarm post (of a
camp):
recepteur, (telegraphy, etc.) receiving station;
de reglage, (Fr. art.) ranging station (name
given to wireless receiving station of a battery
or group of batteries in communication with
an artillery plane) ;
de secours, (mil. med.) popularly, first-aid
station (v. refuge de blesses;) dressing station;
(mil. min.) rescue station;
de secours regimentaire, (mil. med.) dressing
station (behind regiment);
de surveillance, (mil.) lookout post; ( Fr. art.)
general receiving station (at P. C. of the artil-
lery and of the heavy artillery; makes an effort
to take all messages of the corps planes, or at
least those on general duty, artillery observation,
infantry planes, commanding general's
planes);
telephonique, (mil.) telephone station;
de torpillcurs, (art.) torpedo station, mining
casemate:
de transit, (mil. tel., etc.) transmitting station;