A French-English Military Dictionary - Sturmpanzer.com

illet blelme
billet de sortie, (mil.) order of discharge from hos-
pital.
billot, m., block of wood; short roller: toggle (as
of a longe, etc.); (pont.) rack stick; (arti/.) fuse-
d'appui , (art.) supporting standard or blocks
of Canet 15 m mortar;
de brelage, (pont.) rack stick;
& charger, (artif.) fuse-block;
d'enclume, anvil-block;
& enrayer, wheel-drag;
d'eprcuve, (sm. a.) proof-block (for sword
blades);
de guindage, (pont.) rack stick.
blnaire, a., binary; m., (powd.) mixture of two
ingredients of gunpowder;
salpetre, (powd.) charcoal and niter;
soufre, (powd.) charcoal and sulphur.
binocle, f., binocle, double eyeglass.
binoculaire, a., binocular;
telescope , binocular telescope.
blndmes, m., pi., (slang, Polytechnic) pair of
chums who work together.
blpede, a., two-footed; m., (man.) any two feet or
bivouac, m., (mil.) bivouac;
abri de , v. s. v. abri;
anneau de , v. s. v.
bivouaquer, v. n., (mil.) to bivouac.
blaireau, m., badger; shaving-brush; (mil. slang)
recruit.
blanc, a., white; (cord.) untarred, white;
arme he, (mil., etc.) any offensive weapon
except firearms;
le baton to, la main, (mil.) without arms
coupe ne, coupe h, estoc, coupe h < Hre,
complete clearing of woodland, leaving neither
trees nor bushes;
eau he, (hipp.) water mixed with bran;
en
-
, unpainted; in blank (of documents);
legs of the horse;
anterieur, fore feet;
diagonal, diagonally opposed feet or legs;
diagonal droit, off fore and near hind
foot;
diagonal gauche, near fore and off hind
foot;
lateral, feet on same side;
lateral droit (gauche), feet on off (near)
fade;
jsterieur, hind feet.
blpolair" (elec.) bipolar.
biribi, m., (mil. slang) term of service in punish-
ment companies.
blsaigue, f., v. besaigue.
biscaien, m., (art.) grapeshot (obs.); (sm. a) longbarreled
musket and its bullet.
biscuit, m., biscuit;
de fourrage, compressed or concentrated
forage for horses;
de mer, sea biscuit.
biscuit^, a., pain , ordinary bread cooked
longer than usual, 1 hour and 40 minutes.
bise, f., (in gen.) morth wind; (more esp.) N.NE.
wind.
biseau, m., slope, bevel, chamfer; (sm. a.) back
chamfer of a sword blade, back edge near
point; double-edged part of- a bayonet
blade;
en , beveled, chamfered.
biseauter, v. a., to bevel, to chamfer.
biset, m., sort of carrier pigeon; rock-pigeon;
(Jam.) national guardsman, on duty in plain
clothes;
en in , plain clothes.
bismuth, m., bismuth.
blsquain, m., sheepskin with the wool on.
bissac, m., (mil.) grain bag, (art., and cav. serving
in Africa, officers); (inf.) ammunition
bag for supply of line from company
wagons.
bistouri, rn., bistoury.
bistournage, m., (hipp.) castration by torsion.
blstoume, a., twisted, crooked.
cheval , (hipp.) horse castrated by torsion.
blsto timer, v. a., (hipp.) to castrate by tor-
(cord.) untarred;
epee he, bare sword;
fer , (met.) tin;
seing, signe, blank signature, signature
in blank;
m., white color; blank (in a form or document);
chalk, whiting; (met.) white heat; (t. p.)
sion.
bistre, a., brown.
bitord, m., (cord.) spun yarn, marline;
blanc, untarred spun yarn;
goudronne, tarred spun yarn.
bitte,f.,bitts.
bitter, v. a., (cord.) to bitt a cable.
bitton, m., kevel-head, mooring-post.
bitture, f., (cord.) range of a cable.
bitume, m., bitumen, mineral pitch;
deJudee, compact bitumen, Judsea bitumen;
solide, mineral pitch.
bituminer, v. a., to cover with bitumen.
bitumiiieux, a., bituminous.
bivac, m., v. bivouac.
blvaquer, v. n., v. bivouaquer.
bivoie, f., fork of a road.
bull's
eye;
d' argent, commercial term for the best white
lead;
argente, (hipp.) white giving a pale silvery
reflection:
debaleine, spermaceti;
boire dans son , (hipp.) said of a horse when
the tip of his nose is white down to his
mouth;
but en , (ball.) point-blank;
cartouche & , (sm. a.) blank cartridge;
de ceruse, white lead;
de chaux, whitewash;
donner un de chaux, to whitewash;
donner dans le , (t. p.) to hit the bull's eye,
to make a hit;
d'eau, (top.) pool of water in a swamp; (fort.)
shallow sheet of water, due to inundation, and
used as an accessory defense;
d'Espagne, (mil.) pipeclay;
astiquer au d'Espagne, (mil.) to pipeclay;
de lune, (met.) white heat, welding heat;
mat, (hipp.) white giving a milky reflection;
de plomb, white lead;
porcelaine, (hipp.) white with the bluish
tint of china;
porter au , (met.) to raise to a white heat;
rose, (hipp.) white that is pinkish in
spots (due to absence of cutaneous pigment);
sale, (hipp.) yellowish white;
soudant, suant, (met.) white heat,
welding heat;
tir & , (art., am. a.) fire with blank cartridges;
tirer a , (art., 8m. a.) to fire blank cartridges;
de Troyes, Spanish white;
de zinc, oxide of zinc.
blanclict, m., strainer, filter; (harn.) reenforce
of leather sewed on a second piece of leather to
strengthen the latter.
blanchiment, m., blanching; whitening; washing;
whitewashing.
blancnir, v. a., to whiten; clean, wash; to dress
trim down (as woodwork); to plane, polish,
smoothen; to file down (as a piece of rough
iron); (met.) to pickle (as copper); to refine
(as gray pig);
a la chaux, to whitewash;
le pied, (farr.) to remove charring left after
trying the hot shoe.
blanchissage, m., washing (clothes); whitewashing
(walls, etc.).
blase, a., (hipp.) indifferent (as a horse to the
touch).
blaude, f., frock, groom's frock (provincial).
blfi, m.. wheat;
grands s, wheat and rye;
petits s, oats, barley;
de Turquie, maize, Indian corn.
bleime, f., (hipp.) contusion of the sole (heels
and quarters), bleyme;
foulee, mere bruise of heels or of quarters;