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erse 160 espace
erse en bitord, selvage, selvage strap;
de poulie, block strap.
erseau, m., (cord.) small grommet, smaU block
strap;
va lel } grommet wad.
escabeau, m., stool, settle.
escache, f., (harn.) oval bit, scatch.
escadre, f., (nav.) squadron, fleet;
de blocus, blockading squadron;
d evolution, squadron of evolution; _
d' observation, squadron of observation.
escadrille, f., (nav.) small squadron.
escadron, m., (cap.) squadron, troop;
act if, (Fr. cav.) of a regiment, any squadron
not the depot squadron;
chcfd , (art.) major of artillery;
chcfd s, (cav.) major of cavalry;
de contact, contact squadron;
de decouverle, contact squadron, exploration
or scouting squadron;
aem i . the French equivalent of the U. S.
cavalry 'troop (in France the escadron has 4
platoons, in the U. S. but 2);
de depot, depot squadron;
de depot b pied, m the German cavalry, the
depot (dismounted) squadron;
ecole d' , squadron drill, school of the troop;
de garnison,v. de depot d pied;
de guerre, (Fr. cav.) v. actif;
mobile, (Fr. cav.) v. actif;
par quatre, troop in column of fours;
du train des equipages, (Fr. a.) unit of the
train, corresponding to the battalion, and containing
4 companies.
escadronner, v. a., (mil.) to maneuver with
cavalry; to maneuver as, or in, squadron.
escalade, f., (mil.) escalade, scaling; assault with
scaling ladders; (law) the passage or crossing
of any fence, wall, or inclosure, climbing in
over a door, so as to get into a house, garden,
etc.;
oiler a V , to advance to the escalade;
donner I' , to attempt an escalade;
montcrd I' v. aller&l' , ;
tenter I' , v. donner I' ;
vol avec , (law) theft preceded o* accompanied
by escalade, v. supra.
escalader, v. a., to scale; (mil.) to scale, escalade.
escaladeur, m., (mil) escalader.
escale, f., maritime city of the Mediterranean,
and more particularly of the Barbary States;
faire , (nav.) to touch (at a port).
escalier, m., stairs, staircase, flight of stairs;
decommande, (nav.) accommodation ladder.
degage, de degagement, back stairs;
derobe, private stairs;
droit, straight flight of stairs, flyers;
en ichiffre, echiffre, staircase resting
upon a supporting wall;
en escargot, spiral stairs;
grand , principal staircase;
haut d' , stairhead;
d'honneur, grand staircase;
en limace, en limaqon, cockle stairs,
winding stairs, well-stairs;
& noyau plein, winding stairs;
dans ceuvre, inner stairs;
hors d'ceuvre, turret stairs;
de pointage, (s. c. art.) gunner's step;
rampe. (fort.) ramp and stairs, ramp up
the middle of which runs a flight of stairs;
de service, v. degage;
suspendu, geometrical stairway;
tournant, v. en limace;
d vis, v. en limace',
en vis to, jour, geometrical winding stairs
with open newel.
(Escalier is, strictly, an interior stairway.)
escamoter, v. a., to conjure;
I'arme, (mil.) to slight, slur, the movements
of the manual of arms.
escampette, f., (used only in) prendre la poudre
d' , to run away as fast as possible.
escapade, f., escapade; (man.) fling, caper, of a
horse.
escapouler, v. a., (met.) to dress down, reduce.
escarbilles, f. pi., cinders, ashes; fragments of
unburnt coal in ashes.
escarbite, f., calker's grease or oil box.
escargot, m., (art.) gun worm; (mil. slang) man
with his tent, in the field.
escarmouche, f., (mil.) skirmish;
d' exploration, skirmish on exploration service
(cavalry skirmish);
de route, running fight.
escarmoucher, v. a., (mil.) to skirmish.
escarmouclieur, m., (mil.) skirmisher.
escarpe, f., (fort.) scarp, escarp;
attachee, full scarp, attached scarp;
attachee avec voutes en detharge, full scarp
with relieving arches;
d bahut, semidetached scarp (admitting of
fire over the detached portion);
contre , counterscarp;
demi-detachee, v. d bahut;
d demi-revetement, half-revetted scarp, scarp
revetted halfway up;
detachee, detached scarp;
pleine, full scarp;
pleine et attachee, full scarp;
a terre coulante, scarp left at the natural
slope of the earth.
escarpfi, a., steep, bluff.
escarpement, m., steepness (as, of banks, etc.);
(top.) slope; escarpment of a plateau; steepestslope
(of a mountain) (fort.) escarpment.
escarper, v. a. r., to cut steep down, to form steep
slopes; to be steep; (fort.) to scarp.
escarpolette, f., swing;
tpreuve d' , (art.) axletree test or proof.
escaume, m., v. echome.
escavegade, f., (man.) jerk, pull, with the cavesson.
eschare, f., (hipp.) scab.
esclavagc, m., slavery.
esclave, m., f., slave.
escompte, m., discount.
escompter, v. a., to discount.
escope, f., scoop;
& main, baler.
escoperche, f., v. ecoperche.
escopette, f., (sm. a.) carbine (obs.).
escopetterie, f., (sm. a.) small-arm fire (obs.).
escorte, f., (mil., etc.) escort; (nav.) convoy;
d'honneur, (mil.) escort of honor (of the
President, ministers, generals).
escorter, v. a., (mil., etc.) to escort; (nav.) to convoy.
escouade, f., (mil.) squad;
brisee, squad composed of men of different
regiments.
escoupe, f., curved spade, round shovel,
escourge'e, f.,cat-o'-nine tails; whip; flogging.
escourgeon, m., winter barley.
escousse, f., (Jam.) start, running start (for a
escrime, f., fencing; m., (mil. slang) clerk, "quill
driver";
d la baionnetle , b ayonet exercise ;
a Za contrepoinle, broadsword exercise;
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d, de, I'epee, fencing witli the sword;
maitre d , fencing master:
ft la pointe, generic expression for fencing in
which the point is used;
au, du, sabTe, broadsword exercise;
salle d' , fencing school, fencing hall or room;
fencing academy (U. S. M. A.).
escrimer, v. a. r., to fence, to fight with swords;
to use a stick as a weapon; (fig.) to apply one's
self to;
s' des dents, s' des mdchoires, to be a
valiant trencherman.
escrimeur, m., fencer.
espace, m., space, room, interval;
d'air, (art.) air-space, air-spacing;
battu, (art., sm. a.) zone or area swept by
fire;