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fort etudier le et le faible d'une position, (mil.}
to make a thorough study of a position;
d 'interdiction, v. d'arret;
isole, a fort on lines of communication,
at the forks of a road; a fort intended to close
a defile; substantially the same as
d'arret, q. v.;
de la lame, (sm. a.) thick of the blade, part
near the hilt;
de liaison, work between two others, and
in a sense (military) joining them;
maritime, seacoast work;
& massif central, work having a parados
or central mass;
de la melee, (mil.} thick of the fight, of the
mellay;
& la mer, fort surrounded by water, or at the
end of a pier or jetty;
de mer, seacoast fort; name given by General
Brialmont to works built on sand banks,
or on rocks that are either submerged or at
water level;
mi , (sm. a.} middle of a blade;
d' occupation, a fort occupying a salient
point in a fortified perimeter;
plat, v. & crete unique;
de protection, v. d' occupation;
rcduit, name applied to the fort to which
belong several batteries annexed;
semi-maritime, a fort partly land, partly
sea, intended to repel attacks from both
sea and land;
de surveillance, "watch fort," on high promontory;
tenaille, tenailled fort; fort of tenaille trace.
f n-teresse, f., fortress (has a civilian population);
ariillerie de
; v. s. v. artillerie;
gvcrre de , siege warfare;
maritime, de mer, (fort.} seacoast work or
fortress;
mobile, (fort.} depot of all necessary supplies,
etc., for the creation of a fortified position
when needed (as opposed to permanent
forts constructed in peace);
troupes de . fortress troops.
fortification, (fort.) fortifying, fortification; art of
fortification; work;
angulaire, redan system of fortification;
tenaille system of fortification;
s d'attaque, offensive work;
fortification tenaillee, tenailled fortification.
fortifier, v. a., to strengthen, to corroborate; (fort.)
to fortify;
en dedans, (fort.) to construct the bastions inside
the polygon;
en dehors, (fort.) to construct the bastions
outside the polygon.
fortin, m., (fort.) small fort, fortlet, fieldwork,
very small fort or work.
fortls, m., (expl.) name (in Belgium) of polynitrocellulose,
for trait, a., overspent, overworked, knocked up
(of a horse).
fortraiture, f., (hipp.) sickness due to overwork-
ing, overfatigue.
fortuit, a., casual, incidental;
cas , casualty, emergency.
fortune, f., fortune;
de , jury, makeshift;
de mer, risks of the sea;
officier de , (mil.) an officer risen from the
ranks;
soldat de , (mil.) soldier of fortune.
forure, f., bore hole, drilled hole.
fosse, f., ditch; trench, pit;
d'aisance, cesspool;
basse , dungeon;
& couler, de coulee, (fond.) casting
pit;
de fonderie, (fond.) foundry pit, casting
pit;
& mouler, (fond.) molding pit;
aux moules, v. defonderie;
& tuber, (art.) assembling pit,
pit.
shrinkage
fossfc, m., ditch, moat, drain, fosse, trench; (fort.)
moat, ditch;
d'arret de I'eau, catch drain;
avant , (fort.) advanced ditch;
de ceinture, catch-water drain;
du corps de place, v. principal;
degorger un to , empty a ditch;
de dehors, (fort.) ditch of outworks;
descente de v. s. v. , descente;
descente de blindee, s.
y.
v. descente;
de dessechement, drain;
diamant, (fort.) drop ditch, diamond ditch;
d'ecoulement , ditch, drain;
bastionnee, & bastions, bastion system of
fortification;
de campagne, field fortification (i. e., deliberate);
deliberate intrenchments;
du champ de bataille, field intrenchments;
hasty intrenchments;
collateral, flanking work;
continentale, land work (esp. used in connection
with seacoast works, to distinguish land
from sea works);
cotiere, seacoast fort;
cuirassee, armored fortification;
exterieure, exterior fortification; outworks;
improvisee, v. du champ de bataille;
irreguliere, irregular fortification (no
system);
maritime, coast defense;
mixte, semipermanent fortification;
moderne, v. polygonale;
naturelle, any natural position susceptible,
without labor, of being used as a fortification,
e. g., woods, swamps, very steep
slopes, etc.;
s offensives, works of attack;
passagere, temporary, improvised, fortification;
v. de campagne;
permanente, permanent fortification;
perpendiculaire, perpendicular system of
fortification;
polygonale, polygonal fortification;
portative, (inf.) generic term de I'ecrou, (F. m. art.) (hi some guns, M.
64/66) that part of the breech nut from which
threads have been cut away;
a fond angulaire, triangular ditch;
fifond de cuve, a ditch with steep sides;
inonde, (fort.) wet ditch;
& manoeuvre d'eau, (fort.) ditch with water
maneuver; ditch wet or dry at discretion;
passage de , (siege) passage
applied to proposed
incasement in armor of a portion of infantry
troops;
de position, deliberate fieldwork;
provisoire, provisional fortification;
a revers, a fortification to resist reverse fire;
semi-permanente, v. provisoire;
souterraine, underground fortification;
of the ditch;
plein d'eau, (fort.) wet ditch;
- principal, (fort.) main ditch;
rcmblayer un , to fill up a ditch;
revetu, (fort.) revetted ditch;
saiyner un to drain a , ditch;
- sec, (fort.) dry ditch;
& sec, (fort.) dry ditch (i. e., emptied of its
\vater);
de separation, intervening ditch;
talus d'escarpe et de contrescarpe du , slopes of
the ditch.
fossoyage, m., digging, excavating, of ditches;
ditching, operation of surrounding by a ditch.
fossoyer, v. a., to ditch, moat, trench; to dig moats
or ditches; to surround by a ditch.
fou, a., mad, crazy, insane; (mach ) loose, idle (of
a pulley):
aiguille folle, (elec.) a crazy or permanently unsteady
needle;
balance folle, unsteady balance, i. e., one that will
not come to rest;
boussole folle, unsteady, irregular compass;
piece folle. (art.) a piece whose bore is not true;
poulie folle, (mach.) idle pulley.
fouailler, v. a., to whip; (art.) to destroy by artillery
fire;
de la queue, to switch the tail.
foudre, m., f., lightning; thunderbolt; m. pi.,
(unif., Fr. a.) distinctive mark (forked lightning)
on collar or arm (staff, archivistes, tellgraphistes);