A French-English Military Dictionary - Sturmpanzer.com

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battre la priere. to beat church call;
* le rap-pel, to sound, beat, the assembly;
* le rappel, (aux tambours et aux clairons) to
sound the signal for field music to fall in;
* le rappel de piedfcrme, (tambours et clairons
reunis) to sound signal for men to take their
places in ranks (on a march, etc.);
* la retraite, to beat off tattoo;
* le reveil. to sound reveille;
*le rigodon, lively beat, when bullet hits
target at target practice;
*leroulement, to beat a roll (reveille, taps,
etc.);
le second, to beat the asembly (obs.);
* la soupe, to sound mess call;
le tambour, du tambour, to beat a drum;
tambour battant, (mil) with drums beating;
la veillee, to sound reveille (obs.).
battu, p. p., beaten;
tout juste, (fort.) said of the glacis when
superior slope produced passes 0.50m over the
crest and lm over the foot of the glacis.
battue, f., (man.) beat (i. e., noise) of a horse's
hoofs on the ground; the last tread (in the
gallop) before taking a jump;
de depart, last tread or beat before taking
a jump;
diagonale, diagonal beat;
d'enlever, v. de depart.
bail, m., (nav.) deck beam;
compose, trussed beam;
&T,T-beam;
& double T, channel iron, H-iron.
baucherisme, m., (man.) Baucher's method in
all its extension.
baudct, m., (lit., donkey) trestle, horse, frame.
baudre, m., (cord.) thick stem of hemp.
baudrier, m., cross-belt, shoulder belt;
porte sabre, sabre support (on saddle).
baudruche, f., gold-beater's skin; thin, transparent
skin, for carrying and using staff
maps.
bauge, f., (mas.) pugging-mortar.
baume, m., balsam.
bauxite, f., (met. and chem.) bauxite.
bavard, m.. (mil. slang) punishment leaf in a
soldier's book.
bave, f., foam, froth (animals).
bavette, f., upper part of the mouth of a scabbard,
turned in on wood or leather (rare).
bavieres, f. pi., (unif.) cloth ornaments or fittings
on light helmets; sort of chin strap.
bavure, f., seam, beard, burr; roughness or ridge
caused by repeated shocks or blows; (art.)
fringe around a shot hole; swell or bulge in a
gun; (sm. a.) seam of mold on bullet, fash,
mold-mark.
bazarder, v. a., (mil. slang) to pillage a house, to
wreck it.
beaupre, m., (nav.) bowsprit.
bee, m., nose, beak, bill; nozzle; prow; stud; projection
(esp. a sharp projection); jib (of a crane);
catch; jaw (of a clamp, vise);
d'amont, (pont.) .upstream cutwater;
d'ancre, bill of an anchor;
d'dne, mortising chisel; crosscut chisel;
d'dne double, mortising chisel with two
cutting edges;
d'dne simple, mortising chisel with only one
cutting edge;
arriere , (pont.) stern of a ponton boat;
d'aval, (pont.) downstream cutwater;
avant , bow of a ponton boat;
de bateau, (pont.) end of a boat;
blanc , greenhorn;
Bunsen, (chem.) Bunsen burner;
de cane, spring bolt (of a lock); miner's pickax;
de capucine. (sm. a.) prolongation of lower
band in direction of ramrod groove;
carcel, photometric unit (lamp burning 42
grams of purified colza oil per hour, with a
flame 40mm long, under specified conditions);
de corbeau, rave-hook, calker's tool;
de corbin, (hipp.) parrot-mouth;
&, de, corvin, v. de corbeau;
bee de crosse, (sm. a.) toe of the butt;
de gdchette, (sm. a.) sear-nose;
de gaz, gas-burner;
de grue, arm or jib of a crane;
de lampe, burner of a lamp;
de loquet, nose of a latch;
de mdchoire, edge, jaw, of a clamp or
vise;
de pile, (pont.) starling, cutwater;
de ponton, (pont.) bow piece (esp. of Birago
system).
bcane, f., popular term for steam engine; also, a
"smart" name for the bicycle.
bfiche, f., spade; (art.) trail-spade;
& articulation elastique, (art.) elastic trailspade;
dc crosse, (art.) trail-spade;
elastique, (art.) elastic trail-spade;
d'essieu, (art.) recoil-checking axle-spade;
pelle , ( Fr.) infantry intrenching-tool.
b6cher, v. a., to dig, to spade.
bfedane, m., mortising-chisel;
ciseau , reenforced chisel.
bedon, m., metal-boring bit.
begayer, v. n., (hipp.) to throw the head up and
down.
bgu, m., (hipp.) horse that never razes or loses
mark of mouth.
bguit6, f., (hipp.) quality of never losing the
mark;
fausse , persistence of external dental cavity,
when it should have disappeared.
beige, m., wool of natural color, undyed wool.
belier, m., ram, monkey; battering-ram; (nav.)
ram;
cuirasse, (nav.) armored ram;
hydraulique, (mach.) hydraulic ram;
lance-tor pilles, (nav.) torpedo-ram;
torpilleur, (nav.) torpedo-ram;
beliere, f., (unif.) sword-belt sling; (sm. a.) chape
of a scabbard; clapper ring:
anterieure, short sling (of a sword belt);
grande , long sling (of a sword belt) ;
petite , v. anterieure;
posterieure, y. grande
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belle, f., (nav.) waist of a ship;
tir en , fire at hull, body, of a ship;
tirer en , to fire at the body, the hull, of a
ship.
belieface, a., (hipp.) having a white head, or one
side of head white.
belligSrant, m. and a., (mil.) belligerent.
belliqueux, a., warlike, martial.
bellite, f., (expl.) bellite.
benard, m., heavy stone truck.
benediction, f., blessing, consecration;
de drapeaux,{miL) consecration of colors.
bengaline, f., (expl.) bengaline.
benne, f., cage, oasket (as of an elevator, of a
hoist); (art.) shot platform or cradle of a shell
hoist;
d''extraction, (min., etc.) miner's car.
benzine, f., benzine.
bequille, f., crutch; (mach.) link; (art.) prop or
support (of a cm
carriage), firing support (15
field mortar, Canet);
de surete, sort of prop used as a brake on
slopes, in 0.60m siege railway.
berceau, m., cradle; vaulted chamber, barrel
vault; (fond.) grate furnace, to dry molds;
(art.) cradle or saddle (for very heavy guns);
(r.f.art.) cradle;
htourillons, (r.f. art.) trunnion cradle (e. g.,
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