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ordereau 47 bouchon
bordereau d'envoi, return voucher, setting forth
that goods, etc., sent have been received in
good condition;
nominatif, list of names, etc., of recruits
forwarded to a regiment by recruiting
officer;
de pret, abstract of payments (on feuilles
de prct) made by paymaster during the day
(shows total expended).
bordure, f., edge, border;
du pave, curbstone.
bore, m., boron.
boreal, a., northern.
borgne, a., blind of one eye;
ancre , single-fluked anchor;
trou , hole that does not go quite through (as
in armor plate);
vis . screw that does not go through the
piece (as in armor plate).
born age, m., marking or setting off by means of
boundary stones.
borne, f., limit boundary; boundary stone; curbstone,
. spur-post; (in pi.) geographical
boundaries; (art.) support or pillar of (Engel-
hardt) field mortar carriage; (elec.) bindingpost,
bar of a switch board; (teleg.) post of a
sending instrument;
d'attache, (elec.) binding-post;
-fontaine, water-plug;
limite, boundary stone;
milliaire, milestone;
presse, (elec.) the connection or attach-
ment to which (on a tableau de connexion, q. v.)
the wires lead from the dynamo;
repere, (surv.) bench mark;
signal, (surv.) boundary signal or mark.
borner, v. a., to limit, bound, contract.
bornpyer, v. a., to stake off. to mark off by
pickets, stakes, etc.; to venfy an edge, a surface,
etc., by looking at it with one eye, the
other being closed.
bossage, m., (mach.) crank-pin boss; (in gen.)
boss, swell.
bosse, f., boss, bump, swell; (cord.) stopper;
en , in relief;
du saut, (hipp.) vertex of the croup.
bosser, v. a., (cord.) to stopper, to seize.
bossette, f., (harn.) boss of a bit; bridle-stud;
(sm. a.) boss or swell of a trigger piece
(causing double pull off, when there are
two).
botte, f., boot; bundle, truss (of hay, fodder,
etc.); coil (of wire); (sm. c.) lance-, carbine-,
etc., bucket; (mil.) popular term for horses'
meal; (fenc.) thrust lunge;
arabe, (unif.) boot worn by native officers
of spahis and of tirailleurs algeriens;
d'asperges, (fort.) fascines for stuffing a
gabion;
d , (cav.) boot to boot;
de carabine, (sm. a.) carbine-bucket;
de cheval, riding-boot;
demi , half-boot;
-demi-forte, (unif.) sort of jack-boot worn
by the garde republicaine;
donner une , (fenc.) to thrust, lunge;
& recuyere, riding-boot;
d'etendard, (mil.) color-bucket;
d'etrier, (sm. a.) stirrup-bucket for lance;
fausses s, (unif.) spatterdashes, worn by
French cavalry;
s fortes, jack-boots;
defourrages, truss, bundle, of forage;
franche, (fenc.) a "palpable hit;"
de fusil, (sm. a.) carbine-bucket;
h la housarde, (unif.) light cavalry boot;
de lance, (sm. a.) lance-bucket;
de manege, (unif.) boot worn by n. c. o. on
duty at cavalry school;
molle, (unif.) boot worn by French troopers
of the spahis;
de mousqueton, carbine-bucket;
petite , (unif.) boot worn under trousers
by the gendarmes;
porte-carabine, v. de mousqueton;
poster, pousser, une , (fenc.) to make a thrust,
to thrust;
serrer la , (man.) to close the legs in on
the horse.
botte, a., booted; (hipp.) balled.
bottelage, m., bundling of straw, hay, etc.
botteler, v. a., to bundle hay, etc.
botteleur, m., workman who puts hay, etc.. into
bundles.
better, v. a. and r., to boot; (hipp.) to ball.
bottler, m., bootmaker; (mil.) regimental cobbler,
bootmaker;
maitre , (Fr. a.) service term for the corporals
(shoemakers) in charge of the general
shoe shops.
bottillon, m., half-boot; (mil.) truss of straw,
used in loading saddles, carriages, etc., on a
railway car;
& soufflet, sort of half-boot (with a flap forming
the front of the leg).
bottine, f (mil.) short-legged boot (cavalry,
mounted men of artillery, engineers, and
train).
boucnage, m., stopping up, plugging; luting.
bouche, f mouth, orifice, opening, entrance;
mouth (of a river); (sm. a., art.) muzzle (of a
gun, rifle, etc.); (in combination, art.) muzzleloading;
assurer la & un cheval, (man.) to ride with a
light hand, to lighten the reins;
avoir la faite, (hipp.) to have all his teeth
(at 5 years);
n'avoir ni ni eperon, (man.) to obey neither
bit nor spur;
chatouilleuse, (man.) oversensitive
mouth;
cheval qui a bonne , (hipp.) horse that will
roite (gauche), (art.) muzzle right
(left);
dure, (man.) hard mouth;
egaree, (man.) mouth tender to the last
degree;
fifeu, (art.) gun, piece of artillery;
it, feu composee, (art.) built-up gun;
to, feu cuirassee, (art.) armored gun, i. e.,
in armored mount;
execution de la b, feu, (art.) service of the
piece, standing gun drill;
tifeu lisse, (art.) smoothbore;
tifeu rayee, (art.) rifled gun;
& feu de rechange, (art.) spare gun;
(more especially in France, pi.) reserve of
guns forming part of the armament of a place
de guerre;
fort en , (man.) hard-mouthed;
fratche, (hipp.) mouth that fills with foam
on insertion of bit;
s inutiles, (siege) inhabitants that consume
food without adding to the defense;
maladie de , (hipp.) carney;
munitions de , (mil.) provisions, victuals;
sans , (man.) hard-mouthed;
sensible, tendre, (man.) tender
mouth;
. trou, stop-gap.
boucher, m., butcher.
bouclier, v. a., to stop, plug; to close up (as windows,
doors, etc.); (art.) to bush; (elec.) to plug
(in resistance box);
un cheval, (hipp.) to examine a horse's
mouth for age;
la lumiere, (art.) to serve the vent (obs.).
boucherie, f., butcher shop; (fig.) massacre.
bouclion, m., stopper, plug, cork; wisp; wad;
tompion; familiar term for brosse en chiendent,
q. v.; (art.) fuse-plug, screw cap of a fuse; fuseseat
of a projectile; (sm. a.) cap or plug (as of
the Lebef magazine);
d'amorce, (torp., etc.) primer-plug, fuse-
plug;
caoutchouc, (torp., etc.) rubber plug;
de charge, (art.) wad (obs.);
concutant, (art.) plug containing the
time-plunger in certain fuses (German,
etc.);
detonant, (art.) primer-plug (fuse);
disjoncteur, (elec.) disconnecting key
plug;
ecrou, (sm. a., etc.) screw-plug;
filete, (art.) threaded fuse-plug; sci
plug;
fusible, (elec.) fusible or safety plug;
de
fusil; (sm. a.) tompion (obs.);
d'ceil, (inst.) eye-cap (of a telescope);