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gclatement 143 ccolc
gclatement, gerbe d' , (art.) sheaf of fragments;
de la guerre, (mil.) outbreak of war;
hauteur d' , (art.) height of burst (of a shell,
shrapnel);
hauteur theorique moyenne d' , (art.) height of
mean point of burst above the ground;
intervalle d' , (art.) horizontal distance of the
point of burst to the target;
of burst;
point d' , (art.) point
point moyen d' , (art.) mean point of burst;
portee d' , (art.) horizontal distance of the
point of burst from the muzzle of the gun;
portee d' du point moyen, portee theorique
moyenne d' , (art.) .range of the mean point
of burst;
projectile d' , (art.) any projectile intended to
act by explosion; shell, shrapnel;
retard d' , (art.) horizontal distance a shell goes
on ricochet before bursting;
surface d' , (art.) area over which effects of
burst are felt.
gclater, v. a. n., to burst, shiver, shatter, split,
splinter; to explode, blow up; to flash, crack;
(mil.) to break out (as, war); (art.) to burst
(shell, gun);
f a ire ; to burst, cause to burst, explode;
au repos, (art.) to burst a s&eU outside of a
gun (as, in a sand pit, to determine fragmentation).
Cell, m., splinter of wood.
gclimetre, m., (inst.) clinometer;
d limbe ftxe, nonadjustable clinometer;
d limbe mobile, adjustable clinometer;
non-rectiflabU, v. d limbe fixe;
pendule, pendulum clinometer;
rectifiabk, adjustable clinometer.
eclipse, f., eclipse;
affutd , (art.) disappearing carriage;
butd , v. s. v. but;
Jiautcur d' , (art.) drop (of a disappearing gun)
tourelle d , (fort.) disappearing turret.
eclipse, p. p., (art.) down (of a disappearing gun)
.gclipser, v. r., (art.) to disappear (of a gun, a turret).
gclissage, m., fishing, fish-jointing.
Cclisse, f., splinter; splint; any junction or assembling
plate; (r. r.) fish, fish-plate;
d cornier es, angular fish-plate, bracket-joint;
plate, ordinary, flat, fish-plate;
dressort, spring fish-plate.
6cliss, adj., fish-jointed.
ecllssement, v., eclissage.
Cclisser, v. a., to splint (as ; a broken arm); to join
or assemble by a junction plate; (r. r.) to fish.
6clopp, a., lame; m., (mil.) any man (not an officer)
temporarily unable to march in ranks (including
sick, wounded, or indisposed not requiring
to go into a hospital).
Cclopper, v. a., to lame, to cripple.
fecluse, f., sluice; dam; lock (of a canal); floodgate;
'
weir; (fond.) gate;
s accolees, chain of locks;
aire d' , lock chamber;
chambre d' , v. aire d' ;
de chasse, (fort.) sluice gate for introducing
water into a ditch ;
devcrsoird , lock weir;
d' entree et defuite, (fort.) sluice gate for filling
and emptying a ditch;
Jieurtoir d' , lock sill;
l&chcr une , to open a sluice;
de manoeuvre, (fort.) sluice gate, for emptying
and filling a ditch;
d maree montante, tide-gate;
peage d' , lockage;
porte d' , lock gate;
de retenue, (fort.) sluice gate, flood gate;
d sas, canal lock;
seuil d' , lock sill;
d vannes, flood gate with openings; sash
sluice.
Cclusfee, f., sluice-full, lock-full, of water; water
dammed up in a river (otherwise not navigable).
Ccluser, v. a., to provide with locks, sluices; to
pass a boat through a lock; to lock.
fccoincon, m., (cons.) diagonal;
defen&tre, (cons.) reveal of a window;
de porte, jamb of a door; corner stone of the
chamfering.
Ccole, f., school; (mil.) school (i. e., drill); instruction,
season of instruction, of practice.
I. General terms; II. French military
schools.
I. General terms:
de bataillon, (inf.) school of the battalion
(and similarly of the other units and duties, of
all arms);
cheval qui a de V , trained horse;
des distances, estimating-distance drill;
des clairons, (mil. mus.) bugle practice;
d' equitation, (man.) riding school;
faire I' de, to practice at ;
dfeu, (art.)) target practice, season of target
practice, practical instruction in target practice;
dfeu d tongue portee, (art. ) long-range practice;
haute , (man.) "high school" riding;
d'intonation, (mil.) voice drill, instruction in
the giving of commands at drill;
de marechalerie, school of farriery;
de navigation, (pont.) boat drill;
de nceuds, instruction in cordage;
de nuit. (art.) night practice;
pas d' , (inf., etc.) goose step, balance step;
du peloton de la piece, (art.) standing-gun
drill;
de pointage, (t. p.) aiming drill;
de ponts, (pont.) bridge drill;
regimentaire, (mil.) regimental school;
du soldat, (inf., etc.) recruit drill, squad drill;
staff col-
superieure de guerre, war academy,
lege;
des tambours, (mil. mus.) drum practice;
de tir, (inf.) target practice, practice firing,
season of target practice;
tir d' , (inf.) target practice.
II. French military schools:
d' administration militaire, for officers, etc., of
thQintendance, at Vincennes;
d' aerostation militaire, school of instruction in
ballooning, at Chalais;
d'application de I'artillerie et du genie, school
of application for officers of artillery and of engineers,
at Fontainebleau ( de Fontainebleau);
d'application de cavalerie, school of application
for officers of cavalry, at Saumur (admits
some artillery and engineer officers, veterinaries,
and n. c. o.'s fitted to receive commissions) (
de Saumur);
d'application de medecine et de pharmacie
militaire, medical school of application, V aide-Grace,
Paris;
d'application des poudres et salpetres, school
for the study of military chemistry, for polytechniciens
who enter the poudres et salpetres,
at Paris;
d'application du service de sante, v.
d'application de medecine et de pharmacie;
d'artillerie, one in each army corps and one
at the headquarters of the Nineteenth artillery
brigade, for instruction of artificers and supply
of material for target practice, and for other purposes
related to the artillery service;
centrale de pyrotechnic militaire, v. de
pyrotechnic militaire;
du ler (2emc) degre, v. regimentaire;
de dessin topographique, at the depot de la
guerre, for the training of draughtsmen for the
service geographique;
de dressage, an annex of the cavalry school at
Saumur, for instruction in the art of training
horses;