A French-English Military Dictionary - Sturmpanzer.com

carabine
carabine-ezprm, express rifle;
& magasin, magazine carbine;
merveilleuse, carbine with hair rifling;
& repetition, repeating, magazine carbine;
de salon, parlor rifle;
& tige, carbine with a pin (tige) screwed in
the bottom of the bore, to cause expansion of
the bullet on ramming (obs.);
de tir, target practice carbine.
carabinier, m., (mil.) carbineer.
caracole, f., (man.) caracole;
escalier en , winding stair (sometimes written
caracol, m.).
caracoler, v. n., (man.) to caracole.
caractere, m., caractfcrisatlon, f., (mil.) in German
army, assignment of the next higher
grade to an officer without the commission;
assignment of next higher grade, by way of
favor, to an officer leaving the active service.
caracterise, a., (mil.) in German army, endowed
with the next higher grade to the one for which
a commission is actually held.
caracterlstique, f., (inst.) the inclination that will
make the air bulb of a level travel one division
of the graduation, (hence) the value of one division
of the bulb graduation; (elec., expl.)
characteristic;
externe, interne, (elec.) external (internal)
characteristic.
carapace, f., (fort.) shell or surface, as a whole,
of an armored fort; overhead cover in an (otherwise)
open turret; cover, hood (of rounded
form, over a shaft, etc.).
carapata, m., (mil. slang) cavalry recruit.
earboazotine, f., (expl.) safety blasting powder.
carbodynamite, f., (expl.) carbodynamite.
carbonatage, m., (expl.) operation of removing
all acid from guncotton by alkalies, etc.
carbonate, m., (chem.) carbonate.
carbonater, v. a., (chem.) to convert into a carbonate;
to saturate with carbonic acid.
carbone, m., carbon;
combine, (met.) combined carbon;
fixe, (met.) free carbon, fixed carbon;
graphitique, (met.) free carbon;
de recuit, (met.) (in the cellular theory of
steel) carbide of iron forming the ciment (q. v.),
cementite;
teneur en , proportion of carbon (in steel,
armor plates, etc.).
de trempe, (met.) free carbon held in solution.
carbonisation, f., carbonization; charring (as of
foot of telegraph poles).
carboniser, v. a., to carbonize, to char.
carbonite, f., (expl.) carbonite.
carburateur, m.. carburizer.
carburatlon,f., (met.) carburation.
carbure, m., (chem.) carbide;
& noyaux fermes, benzine and its derivatives.
carbure, a., holding carbon in combination (e. g.,
steel).
carburet, m., (chem.) carburet, carbide.
earcas, m.. (met.) refined cast iron.
carcasse, f.. skeleton, frame; (pont.) frame of the
U. S. A. advanced guard; bridge equipage;
(torp.) shell, case, of a torpedo; (sm. a.) frame
(of a revolver); (harn.) skeleton tree of a saddle;
(artif.) carcass, fireball;
de balles&feu, (artif.) shell o'f a fire ball;
de kepi, (unif.) shell or body of a forage cap;
de piston, (mach.) piston body;
de shako, (unif.) body of a shako.
carcel, m., (elec.) carcel (unit of light, about 9*
British candles).
carder, v. a.., to card (as cotton waste for guncotton).
cardinal, a., cardinal;
point , cardinal point.
carene, f., (nav.) bottom of a ship; under-water
hull.
caresser, v. a., (man.) to stroke, to make much of
a horse.
caret, m., (cord.) rope-maker's reel;
fil de , rope yarn.
cargot, m., (mil. slang) canteen man.
carle, f., rot (in wood); (hipp.) caries, ostitis;
dure, (hipp.) a form of caries in which the
bone, though dead, retains its structure;
molle, (hipp.) a form of caries in which the
bone disintegrates;
des mur (aille)s, (mas.) efflorescence;
seche, dry rot (in wood).
carle 1
, a., having dry rot (of wood); caried.
carieux, a., carious.
carillon, m., iron rod (applied
to a variety of uses,
e. g., to brace beams in iron floors);
iron in small rods.
fer de ,
carliuguc, f., (nav.) keelson.
carmln, m., carmine (color).
carnage, m., carnage, massacre.
carne, f., salient angle of a stone, of a table, etc.
carneau, m., flue, fire tube (of a furnace).
carnet, m., notebook, memorandum book; (top.)
notebook, field notes. (Carnet, Fr. a., may
be followed by almost any name descriptive of
the sort of notes or accounts kept);
des accidents de tir, (t. p.) record of accidents
due to defective cartridges;
de caiss'e, money account book of the council
of administration;
de campagne, record, kept by functionaries of
the intendance, of orders received, incidents,
etc., during fall maneuvers and in the field;
de comptabilite, record kept by c. o. 's of administrative
units, beginning on first day of
mobilization, of all property and money transactions
of their respective units;
de correspondance, (mil. sig.) record of messages
sent and received;
des deserteurs, deserters' descriptive book;
medical, (in peace) register of inventories, and
of administrative matters in general; (in war)
register of dead, sick, wounded;
de mobilisation, register of details of mobilization,
kept by captains;
de pointures, register of the labels affixed
to shoes, clothes, etc., kept in storehouses and
magazines;
de reglage du tir, notebook in which the range
officer (lieutenant d'armement) enters certain
required observations on the arms and ammunition
in service;
de requisition, book containing blank requisition
forms;
& souche, stub-book;
de tir, (t. p.) notebook containing information
needed m order to carry on infantry indirect
fire at a given place;
de tir de bataillon, (t. p.) blank form for results
or record, etc., of target practice.
carnier, m., game-bag.
caronade, f., (nav. art.) carronade (obs.).
carotte, f., (mil. slang) medical inspection.
carotter, v. a., le service, (mil. slang) to shirk
(vulgar); to dead beat (U. S. M. A.).
carpe, m., (hipp.) carpal bones, knee bones.
carre, f., angle, face; (sm. c.) face of a sword-blade,
bayonet, etc.
carre", a., square;
en , (so may inches, feet, etc.) square.
carre, m., square part (of anything); (met.) iron of
square cross-section; (cord.) rope-maker's
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sledge; (mil.) square; (man.) rectangle (30
X 90) laid out in the open, for instruction in
riding:
bouton, (art.) cascable square.
duchien, (sm. a.) tumbler-pin hole (obs.).
faire le , (in driving) while holding both reins
in left, to seize the right rein in right hand,
hands O.IO 01 apart, and both reins equally
stretched;
to form
former le , se former en , (mil.)
square;
grand , (man.) large rectangle (300m XlOOm )
in the open, for instruction in riding;