A French-English Military Dictionary - Sturmpanzer.com

Weimc 44 tools
bleime seche, deep-seated bruise of heels or of
quarters;
suppuree, running sore in heels or quarters,
leading to separation of parts.
bleimeux, a., (hipp.) suffering from bleyme, from
contusion of heels or of quarters.
blenomfctre, m., spring gauge or tester.
blesse, a., m., wounded; man who has been
wounded.
blesser, v. a., to wound;
& mort, to wound mortally;
an vif, to wound to the quick.
blessure, f., wound;
mortelle, fatal wound.
bleu, a., blue; m., blue color; (mil. slang")
young soldier, recruit (until he has passed
the school of the platoon); republican soldier
(1793, Vendee);
coup , (art., sm'. a.), miss.
bleuir, v. a., to blue (as, sm. a., metallic parts).
blin, m., beetle, rammer; (nav.) boom-iron of a
spar-torpedo boat.
blindage, m., (fort.) blindage, overhead cover
(in gen.) any cover not a. mere parapet and
made of various materials, either singly or in
combination with one another, blindage; (fort.,
nav.) armor, armor plating;
boulon de , armor bolt;
de ceinture, (nav.) belt armor;
de muraille, (nav.) side armor, side plating;
plaque de , armor plate;
de pont, (nav.) deck plating, deck armor.
blind e, f., (siege, fort.) piece of wood for a blindage;
blind ; (siege) wooden frame to support planks,
fascines, in descente de fosse blindee, q. v.; (siege)
blindage frame.
blinde, a., (fort., nav.) blinded, armor plated;
abri , v. s. v. abri.
blinder, v. a., (fort., nav.) to armor, to plate; to
protect, cover.
bliner, v. a., to ram (as, paving stones).
bloc, m., block, lump; (sm. a., art., r.f. art.) breechblock;
(mil. slang) cell;
& , "home," tight, pushed home (as a cartridge);
(cord.) two-block, chock-a-block;
d'appui, (r.f. art.) resistance block;
d bascule, (sm. a.) oscillating block;
de calage, (art.) guide-block, of a dynamitegun
cartridge;
de compression, (mil. min.) besieger's mine
containing a very large quantity of powder
(2,000 to 3,000 kilograms);
de culasse, de fermeture, (art., sm. a.)
breechblock;
4 fouetter les armes, (sm. a.) testing block
for sword blades;
de pression. (mach.) pressure block;
& rotation, (sm. a.) rotating block;
serrerb, , to screw, set, turn, etc., home.
blocage, m., (mach.) clamping, locking; (mas.)
pebble work, rubble work, rubble.
blocaille, f., (mas.) rubble, pebble work.
blochet, m., (carp.) small tie-beam; (art.) tiepiece,
for sleepers of a platform.
blockaus, m., (mil. slang.) shako.
blockhaus, m., (fort.) blockhouse; (German
name for) small caponier; (nav.) conning
tower;
betage, two-storied blockhouse.
block-notes, m., memorandum block, pad.
block-systfcme, m., (r. r.) block system.
blocus, m., (siege, nav.) investment, blockade;
escadre de , (nav.) blockading squadron;
faire le de, to blockade, invest;
forcer le , (nav.) to run, force, the blockade;
forceur de , (nav.) blockade runner;
lever le , to raise the blockade;
pacifique, pacific blockade, (e. g., by way of
coercion);
relever le , to relieve the blockade; .
rupture de , breaking, breaking up,
of a
blockade.
bloom, m., (met.) the loupe after passage under
shingling hammer.
bloquable, a.,
clamping.
(mach.) admitting of locking,
bloquer, v. a., (siege, nav.) to blockade, invest,
hem in; (mach.) to lock, clamp; (mil. slang)
to imprison, confine.
blouse, f., frock, smock.
bluette, f., spark; flake or scale of hot iron.
blutage, m., bolting, sifting.
bluteau, m., sieve, bolter;
mill.
bluter, v. a., to bolt, to sift.
bolting machine or
blutoir, m., v. bluteau.
bob "me, f., spool, drum, bobbin; coil of wire;
drum of wire; (art.) slide of a lanyard;
de commettage. (cord.) winding-on spool;
de derivation, (art.) shunt-coil;
de deroulement, reel;
d'indiwtion, inductrice, (elec.) induction
coil, primary coil;
induite, (elec.) secondary coil;
primaire, (elec.) primary, induction, coil;
a reaction, (elec?) choking-coil, kicking-coil,
reaction coil, impedance coil;
de resistance, (elec.) resistance coil;
de Buhmkorff, (elec.) Ruhmkorff coil;
secondaire, (elec.) secondary coil.
bocage, m., grove, clump of trees, coppice; (met.)
scrap (of iron, steel, etc.).
bocal, m., wide-mouthed jar; (mus.) mouth-piece
of a trumpet.
bocard, m., (met.) ore crusher, stamp; stamping
mill.
bocardage, m., (met.) ore-crushing, stamping.
bocarder, v. a., (met.) to crush ore.
bogue, f., helve-ring (of a forge hammer).
boire, v. a., to drink; to absorb;
I'avoine, (Mpp.) to swallow oats without
mastication;
la bride, (hipp.) to take the bit between the
teeth;
dans son blanc, (hipp.) said of a horse with
a white muzzle.
bois, m., wood, timber; (top.) wood (forest);
d'acajou, mahogany;
d'aubier, sapwood;
blanc, softwood, generic term for nonresinous
softwood;
de bourdaine, black alder (for gunpowder);
de brin, rough-hewn logs (hewn square);
small timber;
carre, au cane, squared timber;
chablis, wind-fallen wood;
de charpente, construction timber, building
timber;
de charronnage, cartwright's wood (oak.
etc.);
de chauffage, firewood;
cintre, bent wood;
de construction, v. de charpente;
qui se couronne, tree that begins to die from
age;
debite, dimension timber; timber cut into
scant lings;
dejete, warped timber;
desseche, seasoned timber;
doux, softwood;
droit, straight-grained wood;
dur, hardwood;
eclate, shaky wood;
equarri, d'equarrissage, squared timber;
faire du , to get wood, to go for wood;
defascinages, (fort.) fascine stuff;
defer, ironwood;
feuillu, wood of deciduous trees;
fil de , grain;
de fil, wood split with the gram;
fin, close-grained, fine wood (for cabinetmaker's
use) ;
fl&che, timber that can not be economically
squared;
de fusil, (sm. a.) stock of a rifle; (also, more
specially) forestock;
de gaiac, boxwood, lignum vitse;
gelif, frost-cracked wood;
gras, soft wood;