A French-English Military Dictionary - Sturmpanzer.com

coupe 108 courbe
coupe en long, longitudinale, longitudinal
section;
transversale,
a tree);
en travers,
tion;
cross-section;
cross-section,
end grain (of
transverse sec-
verticale, vertical section.
coupe, a., (top.) intersected, accidented;
pan , (fort.) pan coupe; (in gen.) any corner
cut off (of a room, buildin?, etc.);
terrain , (top.) ground full of natural ob-
stacles.
coupe, m., (fenc.) disengagement over the adversary's
point.
coupe-cercle, m., round punch.
coupe-choux, m., (mil. slang)
"frog-sticker" (U. S. A.).
infantry sword,
coupe-circuit, m., (elec.) circuit-breaker, cut-out,
safety cut-out.
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coupe
e, f., (nav.) gangway of a ship.
coupe-filet, m., (nav.) torpedo-net cutter.
coupe-gazon, m., sod-cutter.
coupe-gorge, m., (mil.) tight place, from which
escape is impossible, death-trap.
coupellation, f., (met.) cupellation.
coupelle, f., (met.) cupel; (art.) gas-check cup,
reinforcing cup (of a cartridge case); (sm. a.)
small copper shovel for gunpowder;
essaib la , (met.) cupel assay;
d languette, (art.) brass cup and wire of
French naval electric primer;
mettre & la , (met.) to submit to cupellation;
obturatrice,. (art.) annular obturator (of
French double-action fuse);
rondelle d,
, (art.) cup-shaped washer on
axle-spindle.
coupeller, v. a., (met.) to test or assay by cupellation.
coupe-net, m., cutting pliers or nippers.
coupe-paille, m., straw-chopper, chaff-cutter.
coupe-queue, m., (hipp.) docking-knife.
couper, v. a., to cut; cross, intersect; to amputate;
to chop, strike; to mix, dilute;
(hipp.) to geld, cut, castrate; (mil.) to cut
off (a body of troops, a retreat, etc.), to break
through (a line); (cord.) to wear, chafe,
be chafed; (steam) to cut off, shut off,
steam;
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un cheval, (hipp.) to geld a horse;
correspondent, (sig.) to break off, in-
terrupt, a correspondent;
unejument, (hipp.) to spay a mare;
de longueur, to cut to proper length;
ne pas y , (mil. slang) to be in for extra drill,
fatigue, or other punishment ;
se , (hipp.) to cut or strike a leg in bearing by
one in motion, to interfere;
en travers, to cut across;
la vapeur, (steam.) to cut off steam.
couperet, m., chopper.
eouperose, f., copperas.
coupe-vent, m., wind guard, windbreak (in
bicycling).
couple, m., frame, timber; (mechanical) couple;
(elec.) couple, element, cell;
de I'arriere, after-body;
de I'avant, fore-body;
de cavalerie, (expL) disposition of charges
on opposite sides of a rail, in demolition, so
as to produce rotation;
a eau, (elec.) cell oi a water-battery;
en , (expl.) on opposite sides, e. g., of a rail,
so as to set up a rotation;
de renversement, (art.) overturning
couple;
de soulevement, (art.) raising or lifting
couple.
couplet, m., hinge-joint; (harn.) backhand; (sm. a)
gun whose barrel is formed of two parts screwing
together.
couplifcre, f., (harn.) name-strap.
coupoir, m., cutter, cutting-press, punchingcutter.
coupole, f., cupola; (fort.) cupola;
. caponni&re, cupola recommended by Brialmont
as the equivalent of a caponier;
a eclipse, disappearing cupola;
oscilfante, oscillating cupola;
coupole a pivot, pivot-mounted cupola;