A French-English Military Dictionary - Sturmpanzer.com

crosse 115 cuirass
crosse, f., (sm. a.) butt, (more strictly) buttstock;
butt of a revolver (includes side plates);
(art.) trail; (r. f. art.) stock, shoulder piece;
(mach.) crosshead;
d'affut, (art.) trail;
bout de lunette, (art.) trail plate complete
(comprising pintle); the end of the trail;
courbure de la , (sm. a.) bend of the stock;
guide de , (F. m. art.) guide for rear part
(crosse) of transom of 16cm m. 1. gun (obs.);
tijour, (r. f. art.) openwork stock (e. g.,
HotchMss);
mettre la en Vair, (mil.) to surrender, yield;
de pistolet, (r.f. art.) pistol stock.
crotte, f., mud, mire (of the road or street).
crottin, m., (fond.) horse dung and clay for molds.
croulement, m., falling in, falling down (of buildings).
crouler, v. n., to sink, fall in, give way.
crouller, a., boggy, swampy.
crouliere, f., bog, swamp.
croupade, f., (man.) croupade.
croupe, f., (hipp.) croup, rump, hind quarters,
crupper; (cons.) hip-roof; (top.) long hill or
crest, top or brow of a hill, point where brow
of a hill drops down to a hill of lesser height;
avalee, (hipp.) croup that slopes too much;
balancer la , (man.) to be unsteady of gait
(of ahorse);
biaisee, (cons.) hip-roof whose end wall is
oblique to the fayade;
coupee, (hipp.) very short croup;
droite, (cons.) hip-roof whose end wall is
perpendicular to the fagade;
en , (man.) behind;
monter en , (man.) to get up behind,
behind;
de mulct, (Mpp.) sharp croup;
to ride
porter en , (man.) to ride double;
prendre en , (man.) to ride behind;
en pupitre, v. avalee;
tranchante, v. de mulet.
croupe, a., cheval bien , (hipp.) horse with flue
hind quarters.
croupiader, v. a., to moor by a stern cable.
croupiat, m., small stern-fast or cable.
croupiere, f., (harn.) crupper; (of boats, etc.)
stern-fast.
croupon, m., crap, crup leather, body leather (of
a shoe).
croute, f., crust; (font.) skua, casting skin.
cm, a., raw, crude;
monter & , (man.) to ride bareback.
cruche, f., pitcher, water-pitcher.
crue, f., growth, increase, swelling; rise, flood,
freshet;
d'arbre, growth and age of a tree.
crusiier, m., (ball.) crusher, crusher gauge;
& ecrasement, crusher gauge.
cryptogramme, m., cipher, cryptogram.
cryptographe, m., cipherer, cryptographer.
cryptographic, f., cryptography.
cryptographier, v. a., to convert into cipher, to
encipher.
crystal, m., crystal.
cryptorchide, m., (hipp.) cryptorchid.
cryptorchldie, f., (hipp.) cryptorchism.
cryptorchidisme, m., (hipp.) cryptorchism.
crystallin, a., crystalline.
cubage, m.,
cubic measurement; cubic con-
tents.
cubature, f., v. cubage.
cube, m., cube; third power; volume or cubical
amount (to be excavated, etc.);
de deblai, volume to be excavated;
de maqonnerie, volume of masonry, of masonry
work.
cuber, v. a., to measure, compute, the cubic contents,
the volume of anything.
cubilot, m., (met.) cupola furnace; portable furnace,
used in manufacture of projectiles;
crcuset, furnace and crucible in one, or in
conjunction.
cubique, a., cubic.
cubolde, m., (hipp.) cuboid, one of the tarsal
bones.
cueille, f., (cord.) turn of a coil of rope, coil,
fake.
cueillie, f., first layer of plaster.
cuelllir, to gather; (cord.) to coil a rope.
cuiller, f., spoon; ladle; (artif.) artificer's ladle;
(fond.) casting ladle; (torp.) spoon or bar of a
torpedo tube;
& boulet rouge, (art.) hot-shot carrier
(obs.).
& brai, pitch ladle;
& canon, (art.) gunner's ladle;
de coulee, (fond.) casting ladle;
enveloppante, (mil. win.) scooping-bit (of
an earth auger) ;
& pompe,vump borer;
porte-boulet, (art.) v. & boulet rouge;
de tariere, auger bit.
culr, m., skin, leather, hide; fold of the skin (under
a saddle badly put on);
avive, harness leather;
cm, raw hide, green hide;
fauve, fair leather;
fort sole , leather;
fossile, asbestos;
de harnais, harness leather;
hongroye, tawed leather, Hungary leather,
white or alum leather;
megi, white leather;
de montagne, v. fossile;
pique, interwoven leather;
de roussi, Russie, Russia leather;
& semelles, sole leather;
en suif, tallowed leather;
en suifd, chair propre, full-tanned leather,
free from tallow on the outside and dressed
(trimmed) on the flesh side;
enpleinsuif, full-tanned leather, tallowed
and dressed;
tanne, tanned leather;
toile, enameled cloth, American leather;
verni, patent leather;
vert, en vert, v. cru.
cuirasse, f., (cav.) breastplate; (fort.) armor, shield;
(nav.) ship armor; (sm. a.) steel cap of the
Rubin bullet;
de ceinture, (nav.) belt armor;
dedoublee, (nav., etc.) sandwich armor;
de derriere, (cav.) back plate;
& dos, (cav.) cuirass complete (i. e., both
breast and back plates);
double, v. a dos;
des murailles, (nav.) side armor;
de tourelle, (nav.) turret armor.
cuirasse, a., (fort., nav.) armored, plated, armorplated;
(cat;.) wearing a breastplate; (sm. a.)
armed with a steel cap or cover (of a bullet);
d, n cm., armored up to n cm.
cuirasse, m., (nav.) armored vessel; (esp.) battle
. &
batter ie, broadside battle ship;
& batterie centrale, armored central-battery
ship;
-belier. armored ram;
de croisiere, armored cruiser;
& eperon, battle ship and ram, battle ship
with ram bow;
d'escadre, battle ship;
d'escadreh batterie, broadside battle ship;
d'escadre & reduit central, battle ship with
central redoubt;
d'escadre & tourelles barbette, barbette-turret
battleship;
d'escadre h tourelles fermees, turreted battle
ship (closed turrets);
d fort central, battle ship with central redoubt;
de ligne, battle ship;
de premier rang, v. de ligne;
& reduit, v. tifort central;
b, reduit central, v. hfort central;
de station, armored cruiser;
& tourelles, turreted battle ship;
& tourelles barbette, barbette-turret battle
ship;
& tourelles tournantes, battle ship with revolving
turrets.