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brigade de ligne, brigade of (French) cavalry,
considered with reference to its duties in the
ligne d'attaque and ligne de manoeuvre, qq. v.;
mixte, brigade composed of all arms of the
service;
de surete, brigade of corps cavalry;
topographique du genie, (Fr. a.) section of
engineer troops charged with execution of
contoured surveys (now service geographique
de I'armec).
brigadier, m., (art., cav., and train) corporal; corporal
of gendarmes; corporal of the garde republicaine;
the commanding general of a brigade
(rare); bow oar (boats);
de boulangers, v. defour;
brancardier , sort of corporal of litterbearers,
one to each group of mounted batteries (n. e.);
de chambree, corporal in charge ofsquad room;
d'escouade, corporal of cavalry who, in his
squad room, looks after the men of his squad;
de four, (Fr. a.) baker, baker in charge of
oven;
fourrier, (n. e.) quartermaster-corporal;
fourrierd'ordre, (cav.) quartermaster-corporal
who takes the morning report of the regiment to
the headquarters of the place and who brings
back the orders of the day, etc.;
general, brigadier-general (not a French
grade, but used by French to denote the grade
of brigadier-general in United States);
infirmier, (n, e.) a corporal of the hospital
corps;
moniteur ;
d'escrime, assistant fencingmaster;
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d' 'ordinaire, mess corporal;
de piece, (art.) corporal in charge of and
responsible for the men of his piece;
premier ouvrier armurier, bottier, cordonnier,
sellier, tailleur, (Fr. a.) workmen of these
various trades, of the grade of corporal, and
acting as foreman in the shops in which these
trades are carried on;
sapeur, (cav.) corporal of sappers;
de semaine, corporal on duty for the week;
aux s de semaine, call for the assembly of the
s de semaine;
trompette, corporal of field music.
brigand, m., brigand.
brigandage, m., (mil.) pillage, robbery.
brigantine, f., (nav.) brigantine.
brigue, f., cabal, party, association for some improper
purpose.
brtmade, f., hazing.
brimbale, f., handle, lever, of a pump.
brimer, v. a., to haze.
brin, m., small bit, piece; (cord.) strand; quality
of hemp; yarn; a part (in combination, fold)
of a tackle; tackle-fall or free end of a cable on
a winch or windlass;
bois de , small timber; tree roughly squaredchene
de , v. s. v. cMne;
conducteur, (mach.) driving side of a belt;
conduit, (mach.) driven side of a
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belt;
libre, (cord.) free end of a rope; (mach.) driving
side of a belt;
menant, (mach.) driving side of a belt;
mene, (mach.) driven side of a belt;
moule, (cord.) rove-tackle;
premier , best part of hemp, hemp of the best
quality;
second , inferior part of hemp (combings).
bringuebale, f. v. brimbale.
brique,f., brick;
blanche, fire brick;
creuse, hollow brick;
crue, unburnt brick;
-pilee, brick dust; brick dust and oil, to remove
rust;
refractaire, fire brick;
vernissee, glazed brick.
briquemann, briquemon, m., (mil. slang)
cavalry saber.
briquet, m., steel (for striking a light); (sm. a.)
old term for infantry sword.
briquetage, m., brickwcvk; imitation brickwork.
briqueter, v. a., to imita ,e brickwork.
briquette, f . brick of , pa tent fuel;
de charbon, de houille, patent fuel,
bris, m., breaking op n; escape from jail, jailbreaking;
breaking smashing; (art.) smashing
of a projectile agair,< t an armor plate;
d r armes, (mil.) -v illful damage or injury to
arms.
brisant, m., breaker, wave; breakwater; sand
bank, shoal, reef or shelf of rocks under water.
brisant, a., (expl.) "brisant," sudden;
poudre e, '
brisant" powder, sudden in its
action.
brise, f., breeze;
de mer, sea breeze;
de terre, land breeze.
brise, a., broken; folding, jointed; (fort.) tenailled
consisting of alternate salients and reentrants;
trace , (fort.) broken, tenailled, trace.
brise, m., (in singlestick) moulinet (downward in
front of the body) ,
brise-circuit, m., (elec.) circuit-breaker; (torp.)
cut-off.
brise-cou, m., (man.) horse-breaker, rough rider.
brise-courant, (elec.) make-and-break key.
brise-glace, m., ice-f jnder; cutwater (ice-breaker)
of a bridge.
brise-Iames, m., breakwater.
brisement, m., breaking, smashing; breaking o
sea along the shore.
briser, v. a., to break, shatter, shiver, smash,
break down; (elec.) to break a circuit, a current;
une resistance, (mil.) to overcome, break
down, a resistance;
8 sur la trajectoire, (art.) to burst in the air
(of a projectile).
brlse-vent, m., shelter against wind; windguard.
brisquard, brisque, m., (mil. slang) old soldier,
with long-service stripes.
brisure, f., any part broken; break, crack; (fort.)
brisure, break in a parapet to prevent enfilade;
de I'embrasure, (fort.) neck of the embrasure.
broche, f., spike, peg, picket; spike-nail; tent peg;
gudgeon; felly-tenon (of a spoke); (mach., etc.)
spindle; (art.) mandrel (gun making); gauge,
measuring-point, hoop-gauge; (elec.) plug of a
resistance box; (pont.) pointed bolt (assemblage
of trestle); (sm. a.) the pin on which the
hammer strikes, in cartouche a ; spindle of
a revolver cylinder; (artif.) rammer, drift;
arme & , (sm. a.) rifle using cartouche fa
q.v.;
d'assemblage, riveting-pin;
carree, (artif.) punch; square rammer;
cartouche d , (sm. a.) cartridge fitted with a
projecting pin near base, on which the hammer
strikes, pin-cartridge (obs.);
de chargement, (art.) sort of lever used to
support breech of French IBS01111 gun (on siege
carriage) during loading;
d etoupilles, (artif.) spindle;
& expansion, (art.) measuring-point, hoop-
gauge;
. de percussion, (sm. a.) pin or striker of cartouche
d ;
de rais, felly tenon of a spoke;
de .
rcglage, adjusting-pin;
de surete, (art.) safety-pin of a fuse.
brocher, v. a. to stitch sheets , together (pamphlets,
books, etc.); (fan.) to drive nails into a hoof;
un clou, to prick a horse in shoeing;
r en musique, (fan.) to clinch nails at different
heights;
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