A French-English Military Dictionary - Sturmpanzer.com

projectile 565 radeau
projectile porte-message, (mil.) message-shell;
suffocant, (art.) suffocating projectile;
toxique, (art.) poisonous projectile.
projection, f., projection;
de gaz ft Varriere, (art.) flareback.
pro jet, m., project;
de budget, (adm.) estimate.
prolonge, f. (mil.) service wagon, escort wagon
(U. S. A.);
ft couvercle, covered wagon;
d'outils, (eng.) tool wagon.
promenade, f., promenade;
mililaire, (mil.) an easy affair.
promenoir, m., promenade; (in pigeon lofts) space
for exercise.
promotion, f., promotion; (Fr. a.) class (at a
school);
bapteme de , (Fr. a.) sort of festival on the
occasion of graduation;
diner de , class dinner.
prononcer, v. t., to pronounce;
une attaque (contre-attaque); (mil.) to develop
an attack (a counterattack).
proposable, a., (mil.) liable, or fit, to be proposed
for promotion, etc.
propulseur, m., propeller (not necessarily a screw);
ft helicc, screw propeller;
ft roue, paddle wheel.
protecteur, m., (auto.) protecting cover (pneumatic
tire; said especially ecially o! of non-skidding
covers).
protection, f., protection;
collective, joint protection of a number of
people (e. g., mil., against gas attack).
protocolaire, a., relating to the protocole.
quadrilat&re, m., quadrilateral;
articule, (auto.) (the) linked quadrilateral
(formed by the steering axle, bar and pivot arms
of a motor car).
quadrille', a. , squared, in squares (as, a map), graticulated.
quadruplice, f., quadruple alliance.
quai, m., quay;
quai d' Orsay, (quay in Paris, by metonymy)
the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
quartier, m., quarter; (mil.) the terrain held by a
battalion;
donner , to turn over (as, a stone, a squared
log so that it lies on the side adjacent to the one
on which it has been laying).
rabattement, m., bonding, folding down or back;
d -
, folding, folding down, folding over.
rabattre, v. t., to revolve (as, a plane, a mechanism,
etc.).
rabiau, m., remainder, surplus; "butt " (U. S. A.);
(mil.) overtime (to make good time lost, e. g.,
by absence without leave); leavings
issue of rations); petty theft of rations.
(after
rabiautage, m..
"butt."
(mil.) taking the leavings, the
rabiauter, v. t., (mil.) to take the leavings.
rabiauteur, m., (mil.) man who takes the leavings.
rabiot, m., v. rabiau.
rabiotage, m., v. rabiautage.
rabioter, v. t., rabiauter.
rabioteur, m., v. rabiauteur.
protocole, m., protocol;
service du , (Fr. adm.) a bureau or branch of
foreign affairs, dealing with a great variety of
subjects, such as ceremonial, precedence, reception
of ambassadors; credentials and other
questions relating to ambassadors, foreitrn
consuls, etc.; the protocol.
pruneau, m., prune; (mil. slang) bullet.
puissance, m., power; (powerful) state, power;
ascensionette, (aero.) lifting power;
commerciale, available power, world] working
power;
aufrein, (mach.) brake horsepower;
lumincuse, (opt.) candlepower;
massique, (mach.) power per weight (of a
motor, ratio of effective power to weight,
power per kilogram).
puits, m., well; (mil.) (shaft to shelter a machine
gun) machine-gun shaft;
ft cadres coffrants, (mil. min.) cased shaft;
sans coffrage, (mil. min.) unlined shaft.
pulsateur, m., (mach.) oil (lubricating) pump
pulsator.
pulveTisateur, m., atomizer, sprayer.
pulverisation, f., atomizing, spraying.
pulveriser, v. t., to atomize, spray.
punch, m., (mil.,fam.) sort of reception.
pur, a., clear (of the sky);
de garance, v. s. v., garance.
puretS, clearness;
du del, clearness of the sky.
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purge,
p. p. of purger;
d'air, with air exhausted.
pyidne, m., (aero., wireless) pylone;
se mettre en , (aero.) to land on the nose and
remain tail high.
Q.
quatre, m., four;
(8quads'
quatre, en avant -, par (mil.) right by fours
(squads, U. S. A.).
queue, f., tail; (aero.) tail; (art.) tail (of a mortar
bomb, trench artillery);
faire tete &- v. s. , v. tete; - de soupape, (mach.) valve stem, rod.
quinzaine, f., fortnight.
quitte, a., (adm.) quit (said of an official whose accounts
balance, and are found correct).
quitus, m., (adm.) official notification that an account
has been examined, found correct and
closed; receipt in full, discharge from responsibility.
raccord, m., (any piece used to join or connect
other pieces or parts) connection; (expl.) junction
(strands of melinite fuse end to end);
chargcur, (elec.) joint or connection (for tapping
a current);
enequerre, elbow, elbow joint (tubes, pipes);
en I, I-joint (tubes, pipes).
raccordement, m., coincidence (of images, in certain
range finders).
raccord-relais, m., (mil. min.) relay-joint.
race, f., race;
chevaline, (hipp.) breed of horses, special
strain.
raclette, f., scraper.
raclure, f., scrapings;
de brique, brick dust.
radeau, m., raft;
de sacs, (mil.) raft of sacks.