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cuirassement 116 curette
cuirassement, m., (fort., nav.) armor, armor
plating; act of armoring a vessel or fort;
enfcr et en acier, compound armor;
mobile, (art.) generic term for traveling shield
mounting;
de tranchee-abri, (art.) transportable cu-
pola.
cuirasser, v. a., (fort., nav.) to plate, to armor,
a vessel, fort, etc.
cuirassier, m., (car.) cuirassier.
cuire, v. a., to cook; to burn (lime, bricks,
etc.).
cuisine, f., kitchen.
cuislnler, m., cook; (mil.) head cook, first cook;
aile , second cook, assistant cook.
cuissard, m., (steam) necking (of a French
boiler).
cuisse,f., thigh;
elevation des s, (man.) the raising of the
thighs to correct for a fork seat;
de grenouille, (hipp.) froggy thigh;
plate, (hipp.) v. de grenouille;
rotation des s, (man.) working or rotation
of the thighs, to supple the legs.
cuissiere, f., (mil.) leather leg-guard, worn by
drummers.
cuisson, f., cooking; burning (of lime).
cuite, f., burning (of lime, bricks); batch of bricks
of one burning.
cuivrage, m., coppering.
cuivre, m., (met.) copper; (mus.) brass instruments
(also in pi.); (mil.) copper, brass, fittings
of equipments, "brasses" (U. S. M. A.),
bright work;
brut, block copper, coarse copper;
jaune, brass;
noir, v. brut;
rosette, purified copper;
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vide, (sm. a., etc.) unfilled primer cap.
cuivrer, v. a., to copper, sheathe, plate with
copper.
cuivreux, a., coppery;
fer , (met.) red-short iron.
cuivrot, m., drill-box.
cul, m., breech, tail; tail of a cart; turn, bend, of
spring;
de le cha chaudron, (mil. min.) bottom of a mine
crater;
. faux , (powd.) the mass at the bottom of the
stamper;
mettre (une voiture) & , to tip (a wagon,
etc.);
de poule, (hipp.) croup narrow toward the
rear;
de poulie, (cord.) tail of a block;
rouge,
trousers.
(mil. slang) soldier with red
culasse, f., (art. sm. a.) breech, (frequently)
breechblock, breech-plug, (in composition)
breech-loading; (nav., pont.)cross of an anchor
(elec.) yoke-piece;
boite de , (sm. a.) casing, breech casing, receiver;
bouton de la
gun barrel;
,
(F.
(sm. a.) threaded end of a
m. art.) knob of the cascable;
conique, (art.) coned breech-screw;
d'cpreuve, (sm. a.) testing proof breech (for
proof of barrels);
fausse, fausse , (sm. a.) false breech,
break off, movable breech of a proof barrel;
& filets concentriques , (art.) concentric groove
breech-plug;
mobile, (sm. a.) breechblock, breech-closing
mechanism and related parts; (art.) movable
breechblock of the canon a balles;
queue de , (sm. a.) tang;
revue des s mobiles, (mil. slang) monthly
medical inspection;
talon de la , (sm. a.) tang of the breech.
culasser, v. a., (art.) to breech (a gun).
culbute, f., somersault; (mil.) overthrow, rout.
culbuter, v. a., to overthrow, defeat with great
disorder, rout.
culbuteur, m., (mack.) reversing device, tripping
mechanism or device, tripper.
cul-de-de, m., (unif.) intersection of threads in
the lace of a uniform (similar to the checkerwork
on a thimble).
cul-de-lampe, m., (art.) cascable; (cons.) bracket
(e. g., supporting a projecting turret or
sentry box).
cul-de-porc, m., (cord.) wall knot;
double, double wall-knot, stopper-knot;
simple, single wall-knot;
avec tele de mort, crown knot, crowned wallknot.
cul-de-poule, m., (sm. a.) heel of the butt.
cul-de-sac, m., blind alley.
culfie, f., (pont.) abutment; bank cut down,
etc., for a bridge entrance; in a ponton
bridge, the abutment sill conplete, i. e.,
anchorage, shore fastening or "dead man "
with chess against the ends of the balks;
shore-bay; (fort., etc.) abutment masonrv
to take up the lateral thrust of one or more
arches;
mobile, (pont.) movable bay, draw, of a
bridge.
culer, v. n., (nav.) to go astern, make sternway;
nager, scier, to,
, (in rowing) to back all.
culeron, m., (harn.) dock.
culiere, f., crupper; channel or gutter stone.
culot, m., bottom, bottom part, lower part (as
of a spindle, etc.); small washer for a bolt
or pin; (art.) base, bottom of a projectilebottom
of a cartridge bag; fragment of the
cartridge bag at the bottom of the bore after
firing; primer-cup (in certain
cartridge cases)-
(sm. a.) head (of a cartridge case); (fond ) refuse
metal at the bottom of a crucible; (powd )
v. s. v. cul (faux);
en enclume, (sm. a.) base and anvil of the
cartridge case (revolver, model 1S92);
expansif, & expansion, (art.) expanding
S3. Dot \
faux -, (art.) part of cartridge bag
the
containing
priming-charge;
rapportf, (sm. a.) the head of a built-up
cartridge case, one seated or mounted on the
case.
culottage, m., (art.) the operation of forming or
manufacturing a culot.
culotte, f., (unif.) riding-breeches; (mach.) upright
tube, upright of a boiler tube; uptake;
(sm. a.) butt-cap of a revolver;
vieille de peau, (mil. slang) retired general.
culotter, v. a., (art., etc.) to make a culot.
culpabilite, f., guilt;
declaration de , (law) verdict of guilty.
culte, m., worship, religion;
service des s, (mil.) chaplain's department.
cultellation, f., (surv.) cultellation.
culture, f., cultivation (of fields, etc.): (in pi)
cultivated fields;
Mutes s, any crops that grow to a considerable
height above ground.
cumul, m., state of filling two or more offices
at the same time; of drawing pay for more
than one office or employment at the same
time.
cune'iforme, a., wedge-shaped, cuneiform; m.,
(hipp.) one of the tarsal bones.
cunette, f., (fort.) cunette.
curage, m., dredging, cleaning out (rivers, channels,
etc.).
cure-feu, m., poker.
curement, m., v. curage.
cure-mOle, m., dredger.
cure-pied, m., (hipp.) hoof-pick.
curer, v. a., to scour, dredge (a river, harbor);
to clean, clear out.
curette, f., cleaner, scraper; (art., sm. a.) scraper
for cleaning guns, rifles, etc. ; (mil. slang) cavalry
manier la , (mil. slang) to do saber exer-
cise;
de mineur, (mil. min.) miner's spoon;
spatulc , (mil.) cleaner or scraper of a soldier's
cleaning kit.