A French-English Military Dictionary - Sturmpanzer.com

cOtoyer 105 coulisse
cfltoyer, v. a., to coast; to go alongside of.
eOtre, m., (nav.) cutter;
de la douane, revenue cutter.
eotret, m., small fagot; (siege) fascine.
cotter, v. a., to catch, lock, as a wheel (Switzerland).
cou, m.,neck;
de cygnc, crane neck, goose neck.
couchage, m., (mil.) bedding, all that relates to
bedding;
auxiliaire, (Fr. a.) bed sacks, etc., used by
troops when contractor's supplies are lacking
or can not be used;
jxiille de bed , straw;
sac de bed , sack;
service de , (Fr. a.) the supply and maintenance,
by contract, of bedding for officers
and men hi barracks of watch coats for , sentinels,
and, if required, of washing for the linen of the
men.
couchant, m., the west.
couche, f., layer (as of mortar, color, concrete,
etc.); seam (of coal, etc.); coat, coating,
stratum, bed; ground-sill; annual ring
of a tree; (art.) tier (of bullets in a case
shot); (sm. a.) butt end of stock, part of
stock between breech and heel; (fond.)
molding board;
of the stock;
angle de , (sm. a.) slope
de fibres invariables, neutral layer;
-de fulminate, (artif.) priming;
d'impression, priming coat of paint;
longueur de (la) , (sm. a.) distance from
shoulder to base of the breech;
neutre, neutral plane, layer (of stressed
beams);
de ;
pente de , (sm. a.) v. angle
-plaque de , (sm. a.) butt-plate;
de roue, dish of a wheel.
couche, a., lying down;
position e, (mil.) prone position.
couche-point, m., welt (on the heel of a shoe or
boot).
COUcher, v. a., to slope, lay down; v. r., to lie
down (of troops); to set (of the sun);
enjoue, (sm. a.) to aim at;
la lance, (cav.) to slope a lance;
par terre, (mil.) to overthrow completely.
COUcher, m., setting of the sun; furniture of
a bed; state of being in a recumbent position;
- abandonne, (hipp.) position of a horse lying
on his side.
couchette, f., bedstead.
couchis, m., lagging; bed of sand (under the
pavement of a bridge);
-revetement, (steam) lagging of a boiler,
.cleaning.
coude, m., elbow; any bend or turn in parts
of machinery, etc.; bend; knee, angle; elbow
(of a pipe, tube, etc.); (top.) bend or
loop of a river; (hipp.) elbow; (mach.)
crank, cranked portion of a shaft; (sm. a.)
bend, neck of a bayonet; (min.) turn of a
gallery;
& , (mil.) alignment in which each soldier
must feel the touch of elbow;
de gonflement, inflating tube (of a balloon);
tact des 's, (mil.) touch of elbow;
universel, (mach.) Brown's joint.
eoud6, a., forming a knee or angle; bent, kneed;
(mach.) cranked;
axe , (mach.) crank.
coudfce, f., arm's length.
cou-de-pied, m., instep.
couder, v. a., to bend, to knee; (mach.) to
crank.
coudran, m., wheel-grease.
couillon, m., d'ancre, anchor-nut.
coulage, m., (fond.) casting, cast, act of casting;
& cole, v. & siphon:
en chassis, casting in flasks or boxes;
it chaud, casting at a higher temperature than
is required by the nature of the metal;
en, sur, coquille, chill casting;
&, en, creux, casting hollow;
& decouvert, casting in open molds;
coulage & fa descente, casting from the top;
d froid, casting at a lower temperature than
is required by the nature of the metal;
massif, casting solid;
d'un morceau, casting in one piece;
& noyau, casting hollow, casting on a core,
with a spindle;
plein, v . massif;
& la remonte,v. en siphon;
en sable, casting in sand molds;
en sable gras, dry sand casting;
en sable vert, green sand casting;
h, en, siphon, casting from bottom of
mold;
en source, casting from the bottom;
en terre, loam casting;
& une seule portee, casting in one piece, all
at once.
coulant, a., movable, sliding; crumbling,
caving (of earth, soil, etc.); (mil. slang)
easy, good-natured; m., slide, runner;
(unif.) slide, keeper (as on a sword belt,
etc.); (inst.) slide ring, bearing ring; slide
of a telescope;
porte-fils, (inst.) cross-hair slide, reticule
holder.
coule, m., (fenc.) straight lunge feint.
coulee, f., (top.) coulee, draw (U. S.); (fond.)
spray; tapping; runner, sullage-piece; taphole;
cast, casting, quantity cast; channel
from furnace to mold;
canal de , gate, ingate, (more accurately)
runner;
a chaud (froid), v. s. v. coulage;
& la descente, tapping into the top of a casting
pocket or ingot mold;
directe, tapping directly into ingot mold:
faire la -&, to tap;
jet de , feeding head;
piece de , casting;
en poche, tapping into casting ladles;
to, la remonte, tapping into the bottom of
a casting ladle or ingot mold;
en siphon, v. s. v. coulage;
-en source, tapping into the bottom of an
ingot mold or casting pocket;
trou de , gate, ingate; tap-hole;
venir de , to be produced or made in the
casting; to be cast in one piece with.
couler, v. a. n., to flow, to leak; (fond.) to cast;
to tap, tap a furnace; (nav.) to sink, to run
down, to founder; (man.) to pass gradually
from one gait into another; to give a horse
his head in galloping; (cord.) of a knot or lashing,
to slip;
bas, (nav.) to founder, sink; to sink a vessel
by artillery fire; to run down;
chaud (froid), (fond.) to cast at a temperature
higher (lower) than is required by the
nature of the metal;
direct, (fond.) to tap or run directly into an
ingot mold;
b, fond, (nav.) to sink, run down, a vessel;
to founder;
au galop, (man.) to gallop smooth, to have a
smooth and flowing gallop;
en poche, (fond.) to tap into a casting
pocket.
(For other foundry terms, adjuncts of couler,
v. s. vv. coulage, coulee.)
couleur, f., color; (in pi., nav.) colors of a vessel;
lavee, faint color;
s nationales, (Fr.) the tricolor;
de recuit, (met.) annealing, tempering,
color.
coulis, m., (fond.) molten metal.
coulisse, f., (mach., etc.) slot, groove, channel,
guide; slotted link, slot-link; Stephenson
link motion; guideway, guide slot; valvegear;
slide, shutter; (pont.) trestle-cap
mortise;
& detente variable, expansion link;
guide, guide, guide slot;
monter ft
de herse, (pont.) portcullis slide;
to a piece.
, (mach.) to give a sliding motion