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ancard 51 bravoure
brancard mobile, shifting shaft.
brancardier, m.. litter-bearer, stretcherbearer;
- d' ambulance, (Fr. a.) litter-bearer belonging
to field hospital (ambulance),'
- d'artillerie, (Fr. a.) litter-bearer furnished
by musicians of the artillery school;
caporal-
, ( Fr. a.) corporal in charge of litterbearer.
one per battalion; - defrontiere, (Fr. a.) volunteer litter-bearer,
to assist medical service and the French Red
Cross; - d'infanterie, (Fr. a.) litter-bearer furnished
by musicians and reservists. - regimentaire, regimental litter-bearer;
sergent-
, ( Fr. a.} sergeant in charge of litterbearers,
one to each infantry regiment.
branche, f., branch; subdivision of a subject;
any part of a thing that may be distinguished
as a branch; branch, bough, of a tree; leg (of a
tripod, of a compass); (harn.) cheek of a bit;
(fan.) part of a horseshoe from mamelle to
extremity or heel; (fort.) longest side of a crown
work, of a horn work; - d'amorce, (expl.) fuse-wire; fuse lead;
- ascendante (- descendente) de la trajectoire,
(ball.) ascending (descending) branch
of the trajectory; - d'avaloire, (harn.) bearing strap;
avoir de la - . (hipp.) to have a long neck and
shoulders and good withers;
bas de la-
, (harn.) lower part of bit-cheek;
- d'en bas. lower arm of a knee (boats);
- de coquille, (sm. a.) bar of a - sword-guard;
coudee de ba'ionnette, (sm. a.) bayonet
shank; - de crosse, (sm. a.) rear end (toward butt) of
trigger-guard plate; - de devant, (sm. a.) fore end of trigger-guard
plate; - d'echelle, side, side rail, of a ladder;
- d'epee, (sm. a.) basket-hilt; - d'etrier, (harn.) leg or upright of a - stirrup;
defer, (fan.) quarter of a norsehoe;
- de fortification, (fort.) v.d'ouvrage
de
fortification; - de garde d'epee, (sm. a.) bow of a sword
hilt;
ffrande-
, (sm. a., r.f. art.) long branch, main
branch, of the hammer spring;
haut de la -
, (harn.) top part of bit-cheek;
- de manivelle, (art.) - elevating-screw arm;
mobile, v. grande-
; - de mors, (harn.) branch of a bit;
cdlde la-
, (harn.) eye of a bit-cheek;
- d'ouvrage de fortification, (fort.) crest or part
of a work more or less normal to the front,
(hence) face, etc.; - de percussion, (sm. a.) percussion spring (e.
g., French revolver, model 1892);
- petite, (sm. a.), r. f. art.) short branch of a
hammer spring;
de rebondissement, (sm. a.) rebound spring
(revolver); - de riviere, (top.) arm of a river;
- de sabre, (sm. a.) bow of a sword hilt;
- de sous-garde, (sm. a.) - trigger-guard plate;
supMeure d'une courbe, standard or upp upper
part of a knee (boats) ; - de support de timon, (art.) pole-yoke branch.
brancher, v. a., to tie up to a bough; to hang
(as a deserter); to connect (tubes, pipes, etc.);
(mil. min.) to cause to break out from (e. g.,
rametmfrom ecoute, qq. v.).
brandebourg,m., (unif.) frogs and loops.
brand eviii, m., brandy.
brandevinier,m., (mil.) sutler (rare).
brandir, v. a., to brandish (a saber); (carp) to
stay, strengthen.
branle, m., impulse, impetus; path of a pendulum
regulator;
donner, mettre, le - to set in , motion.
branle-bas, - de combat, (nav.) clearing for
action;
faire le- , to clear the decks for action.
branler, v. a. n., (mil.) to waver; give away; (in.
gen.) to shake loose, move stir ; - au manche, to shake loose in the handle
(tools).
branloire, f., rock staff (field forge, etc.).
braquer, v. a., to fix a telescope, a field glass,
on an object; (art.) to lay, traverse, a gun (not
used technically);
se- sur le mors, (man.) to bore on the bit.
bras, m., arm; brace, tie; handle; link (in many;
relations); lever, crank-lever; (top.) arm of a
river; (mach.) spoke of a pulley); (sm. a.) carrier-plate;
carrier-lever; (hipp.) true arm;
(r. f. art.) cocking-cam (Hotchkiss); (art.) leg
of a gin;
fc - en arriere (avant), (art.) by hand to the
rear (front);
&- francs, (sm. a.) offhand, from the shoulder
&- d'hommes,\>y hand; - d'ancre, anchor arm; - d'avaloire, (harn.) hip-strap; - d'aviron, arm or handle of an oar;
- de balance, arm of a balance; - de brancard, shaft; --canon, (art.) gun-arm of the WatMn position
finder; - de cheval, (hipp.) horse's arm from shoulder
to knee; - de chevre, (art.) leg of a gin; - de courbe, leg of a knee (boats);
- directeur, (r.f. art.) action lever;
double-
, (mach.) arm brace; - excentrique, (much.) excentric rod, side rod;
- de force, bolt acting as a brace to keep a
door or shutter closed or open; - inutiles, useless hands (e. g., in a siege);
- de levier lever arm , ; - de limontere, (art. etc.) single shaft;
des machines, (mach.) side rod;
- de manivelle, (mach.) crank-lever;
- de mer. (top.) inlet, arm of the sea;
- mort d'une riviere, (top.) stagnant arm;
- de point&ge, (art.) elevating arm (esp. in
French naval turrets) ;
pompe & - , - hand-pump;
de rappel, (mach.) righting-lever, radiusrod,
bridle-rod; - de riveire, (top.) arm of a river;
- de roue, spoke; --support, (mach., etc.) arm, support;
- de traverse, (fort.) inclined postern under a
traverse.
brasage, m., brazing, operation of brazing; hard
soldering.
braser, v. a., to solder, hard solder; to braze, braze
on.
brasque, f., (met.) brask, luting.
brasquer, v. a. (met.) to lute.
brassage, m., (met.) stirring, rabbling.
brassard, m. , (unif.) arm-badge; ( Fr. a.) insignia of
officers of the service d'etat-major, and of the
men of certain services, e. g., drivers, telegraph
operators, etc.; - blanc h croix - rouge, de la convention de
Geneve, (med.) Geneva cross, red cross.
brasse, f., fathom (1.66").
brasser, v. a., (met.) to stir, to mix, rabble.
brasseur, m., (met.) puddler, rabbler (workman);
- mecanique, mechanical rabbler, puddler.
brassiage, m., fathoming; depth of water (ascertained
by fathoming).
brassicourt, m., (hipp.) horse bandy-legged by
nature.
brassieres, f., pi., (mil.) knapsack straps, braces.
brasure, f., hard soldering; brazing, brazing on
or together; seam, suture.
brave, a., brave, gallant; m., brave soldier;
-& trois polls, true as steel;
vieux-
, brave veteran.
braver, v. a. to brave , face, defy, danger, an enemy,
etc.
bravoure, f., bravery, courage.