A French-English Military Dictionary - Sturmpanzer.com

foois 45 lioite
bois en grume, timber with or without bark,
obtained by a first
operation of felling,
trimming, and cutting into lengths (generally
understood as timber with the bark
on);
de haute futaie, forest timber; wood of
lofty trees;
de lance, (sm. a.) lance-pole, lance-shaft;
leger, light wood, wood suitable for gunpowder
charcoal;
liant, tough wood, whose fibers resist separation;
delit, bedstead;
de mine, (mil. min.) uprights, sills, and
caps;
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mort , wood of little value ;
mort, dead wood; brambles, underbrush;
mort sur pied, tree dead standing;
d'ouvrage, d'ceuvre, timber;
de palissandre, violet ebony;
par/ait, heart wood, mature wood, as distinguished
from sap;
petits , (cons.) window-pane framing;
petite en fer, (cons.) iron framing for
window panes;
de refend, split timber;
sur pied, standing timber;
d polir , polishing stick ;
rebours, drebours, cross-grained wood;
de recette, timber fit for service;
resineux, resinous wood;
sur le retour, tree decaying from age;
de rose, rosewood;
de selle, (harn.) saddletree;
de
service, timber, lumber;
detaille, taillis, underwood, wood of
underbrush;
tendre, soft wood;
tordu, tors, tortillard, twisted timber,
wood;
de travail, lumber;
vert, vif, unseasoned, green timber;
d vives aretes, full-edged timber.
boisage, m., timber-casing.
boise^a., (top.) wooded; (cons.) wainscoted.
boiser, v. a., to line or case with wood; (cons.) to
wainscot.
boiserie, f., (cons.) wainscoting; boarding; joining-work.
boisseau, m., shell of a faucet; (popular slana)
shako.
boitard, m., (mach.) upper journal or bearing of
a vertical shaft.
bolte, f., box; case; chest; (mach.) bearing
(mil. slang) prisoner's room in a guardhouse.
I . Artillery , small arms , military tnining
etc.; II. Machinery, miscellaneous.
I. Artillery, etc.
d'alimentation, (r.f. art.) feed-box;
d'
^ amorce, (mil. min., torp.) primer-box
priming tube, casing of a primer orluse;
d'auget, (sm. a.) carrier box or casing;
avoir la , (mil.) to be foot-sore from marching;
d balles, (art.) case-shot; sort of canister for
French s. b. mortars;
d grosses balles, (art.) canister containing
large bullets;
d petites balles, (art.) canister containing
small bullets;
de boules, (mil. min.) box-trap;
d boulets, (art.) sort of canister used in French
s. b. mortars;
d caffuts, v. d boulets;
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-chargeur, (sm. a.) magazine packet;
loader, loading-packet, loading-case; quick
de la cheville - ouvriere, (art.) pintlesocket;
de culasse, (sm. a.) breech-casing, receiver;
(r. f. art.) breech piece, Hotchkiss revolving
cannon;