A French-English Military Dictionary - Sturmpanzer.com

chasse 75 c ha iidiere
chasse h biseau, bevel setter;
bloc, (art.) drift (special drift for dismounting
breech mechanism of 270mra s. c. mortar);
boite, driving-bolt;
caillou, v. pierres;
calotte, (sm. a.) driver of hard wood, for
setting the calotte on the tongue of a sword
blade;
carree, square setter;
chaine, chain-spacer, chain guide;
crochet de pontage, lashing-hook setter;
dcmi-ronde, half-round setter;
donner ft un navire, (nav.) to give chase to a
ship;
d'eau, sudden flooding, flushing, (esp. fort.)
sudden flooding of the ditches caused by very
rapid opening of water-gates, so as to sweep
away enemy's ditch crossing;
ecluse de , (fort.) flash-gate;
etui, (art.) shell-driver (e. g., of a Gardner
gun, etc.);
fusee, (art.) fuse-setter;
goupilk, pin-setter, pin-bolt drift;
lever la , (nav.) to give up the pursuit;
maree, (mil. slang) chasseur d'Afrique;
morte, random shot, miss;
mouche, fly net;
noix, (sm. a.) blunt punch or driver;
& parer,
set hammer;
pattes, (mil. slang) chasseur ft pied;
pi&ce de , (nav. art.) bow chaser;
pierres, (r. r.) cowcatcher (U. S.), wheel
guard;
poignee, pommeau, driver for driving
hilt on tongue of sword-blade;
reservoir de , flushing-tank, reservoir;
rivet, setter, riveting set;
ronde, round setter;
roues, wheel-post, spur-post.
chassepot, m., (sm. a.) the French rifle model,
chasser, v. a., (mil. 2 etc.) to drive before one, to
drive out of a position; (tech.) to drive in, to set;
(man.) to set forward at an increased gait; (of
an anchor) to drag;
les ancres, to drag anchors;
en avant, (man.) to urge a horse forward;
les f esses sous soi, (man.) to sit well down
in the saddle.
chasseur, m., huntsman; ( Fr. a.) chasseur (cav.
and inf.);
s d'Afrique, (Fr. a.) light cavalry for African
service;
s alpins, (Fr. a.) light infantry for service in
the Alps;
s & cheval, (Fr. a.) mounted chasseurs, light
cavalry;
s forestiers, (Fr. a.) rifle corps recruited, on
mobilization, from the personnel of the government
forestry department;
sh pied, (Fr. a.) rifles, light infantry.
chassis, m., frame; (art.) chassis; (tech., etc.) saddle,
bed; (mil. min.) gallery frame; (r. /. art.)
i-case (Maxim-Nordenfeldt) ; (fond.) molding-
)x, flask;
circulaire, (art.) circular chassis (Canet);
a claire vote, openwork frame;
coffrant, (mil. min.) case, mine case;
de combat, (mil. min.) case of a rameau de
combat, q. v.;
faux , (mil. min.) false frame, temporary or
movable frame;
defermeture, (art.) breech-frame;
grand , {art.) chassis proper, as distinguished
from petit (q. v.), of some French
guns;
grille ft gunbox,
depeches secretes, ciphering frame
(in cryptography);
hollandais, (mil. min.) v. coffrant;
infer ieur, (fond.) drag, lower flask;
du milieu, (fond.) middle flask;
de mine, (mil. min.) mine frame, gallery
frame;
mobile de pieds (de tete), (med.) forward (rear)
movable part of a litter;
de moulage , (fond.) molding box, flask;
chassis negatif, (phot.) plate-holder (of a
camera) ;
petit, (art.) pintle-frame (French 138^ m );
de plate-forme, (art.) traversing carriage;
des platines, (r. f. art.) lock-frame (Gardner
gun);
de pont, (pont.) beam, sleeper (e. g., to unite
casks, etc.);
porte-scie, saw-frame;
porte-tourillons , (r. f. art.) frame (Hotchkiss
revolving cannon);
positif, presse, (phot., etc.) printingframe;
superieur, (fond.) cope, top-flask;
& tabatiere, skylight with movable window;
de transport, (art.) sort of truck for transporting
carriages, etc., in garrison (somewhat
like United States mortar wagon);
vitre, skylight.
chassoir, m., driver, drift; fuse-mallet.
chat, m., (art.) searcher (obs.);
de pont volant, de potence, de traille,
ferry-block.
chataigne, f., (hipp.) chestnut.
chataigner, m., chestnut (wood and tree).
chatain, a., chestnut (color); (hipp.) chestnut
horse.
chateau, m., castle, fort, citadel;
d'eau, (r. r.) water tank.
chatter, v. a., to punish.
chatiere, f., cat-hole, small opening in roof.
chattment, m., punishment.
chatouiller, v. a., to tickle; (man.) to touch a
horse lightly with the spur.
chatrage, m., (hipp.) castration, gelding;
des roues, shortening of fellies, tightening up
of fellies and spokes,
chatter, v. a., (hipp.) to geld, cut;
une roue, to set up the fellies and spokes,
to remove part of the fellies.
chatterton, m., a waterproof material composed
of tar, rosin, and gutta-percha.
chaud, a., hot; (frequently, met.) red-hot;
joindrefi , (met.) to weld;
placer & , (met.) to shrink or put on hot;
travaillerti , (met.) to work hot.
chaude, f., (met.) heat, heating;
blanc de lune. blanche, grasse, welding
heat, white heat;
donner la , une, deux, etc., s, to heat (for
tempering), to heat once, twice, etc.;
grasse, white heat;
rouge, red heat;
rouge cerise, cherry-red heat;
sombre, dark-red heat;
soudante, suante, welding heat.
chaudiere, f., copper, kettle; (steam) boiler, steam
boiler;
alimentaire, feed boiler;
auxiliaire, donkey boiler;
batterie de s, range or battery of boilers;
ft bouilleurs, French boiler (with underbody
heaters);
h brai, pitch kettle;
ftcarneaux, flue boiler; wagon boiler;
chauffee des deux bouts, double-ended
boiler;
chemise de , boiler-jacket, case, cleading,
lagging, deading;
ft, circulation rapide, Field boiler;
cylindrique, cylindric boiler, barrel boiler;
cylindrique tt bouilleurs, cylindrical boiler
with tubes exposed to heat ;
cylindrique ti foyer interieur, Cornish boiler;
double, double boiler;
h elements & circulation, water-tube boiler;
& elements multitubulaires, multitubular
boiler;
enveloppe de , boiler shell;
ttflamme directe, locomotive boiler;
ft foyer exterieur (interieur), externally (in-
ternally) fired boiler;
sans foyer, internally fired boiler;
frangaise, French boiler;