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franchissement 193 frein
franchissement, m., facility of ingress and
egress;
d''extracteur , (sm. a.) slipping of the claw
over the flange of the cartridge without extraction
of the latter;
du fosse, (mil.) passage, crossing, of the
ditch;
grading de
(fort.) steps in the sides of a
parallel or trench for facility of ingress and
egress;
francisation, f., register of a French vessel.
franco, adv., post-free, carriage-free.
Iranc-tireur, m., (mil.) franc-tireur, French guerrilla.
frange, f., fringe.
frappe, f .
, striking face (of a hammer, etc.).
frapper, v. a., to strike, hit, stab; to knock; (cord.)
to frap, to bend, seize, lash on or to;
d'amende, to fine;
de contributions, to impose contributions;
un cordage, une manoeuvre, (cord.) to seize or
lash a rope in its place;
d'cstoc, (fenc.) to thrust;
d'estoc et de faille, (fenc.) to cut and thrust;
un palan, (cord.) to clap on a tackle;
palan sur garant, (cord.) to bend luff on luff;
une poulie, (cord.) to strap a block;
de prison, to imprison;
de servitudes, (fort.) to lay under servitudes,
q.v.;
de tattle, (fenc.) to strike with the edge.
frater, m., (mil.) barber (soldier-barber, familiar).
fraude, f., fraud; smuggling;
faire la , to smuggle.
frauder, v. a., to defraud; to smuggle;
les droits, to smuggle.
frayS, p. p., traveled (of a road), beaten.
frayer, v. a., to fray, rub against; to graze, brush;
to open a way .trace or mark out a road;
le chemind la breche, (mil.) to take the forlorn
hope, to be the first to ascend a breach;
se aux ars, (hipp.) to rub, become galled, in
the region of the ars, q. v.;
se un chemin, to break out a path; (mil.) to
break through the enemy.
frigate, f., (nav.) frigate;
cuirassee, armored frigate;
& vapeur, steam frigate.
frein, m., bit of a bridle; bridle; curb; rein; check;
control, restraint: drag (of a wheel); bicycle
brake; (art.) recoil check; (art., mach.) brake;
(sm. a.) catch, stop.
I. Artillery; II. Miscellaneous.
I. Artillery:
d'affut,(art.) carriage brake;
armer un v. s. v. , armer;
d'arret, firing-position brake (15m Chatillon
and Commentry turret);
d bane d'obturation, tlirottling-bar recoil
check;
& beche de crosse, trail-spade recoil check;
d blche d'essieu, (art.) axle-spade recoil check;
de bout d'essieu & vis, screw axle brake;
central, Elswick compressor;
chaine de v. s. , v. chaine;
circulaire, circular brake (Canet);
d cones de friction, friction cone brake;
dcontrctige, counter rod brake;
& contrctige centrale, central counter rod
brake (Canet);
d cordes, rope brake, recoil check;
d cordes Lemoine, Lemoine recoil check;
d cotes inclinees, (hydraulic) brake with
(variable orifices and) inclined sides;
cylindre de , (art.) recoil cylinder;
de deformation, generic exoression for a brake
whose parts undergo a displacement on recoil,
elastic brake;
desserrer un , to release a brake;
d disques de friction, friction disk brake;
d effort constant, brake with variable orifices
and constant resistance:
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frein d'enfoncement, brake to take the downward
thrust on the carriage (Locard);
d etrier, bow compressor;
d excentrique, eccentric brake;
d fraisures, hydraulic brake with grooved
cylinder;
de, d friction, friction brake;
dfrottement, friction recoil check;
dfrotteurs, friction brake (plate compressor)funiculaire,
the Lemoine brake;
hydraulique, hydraulic brake;
hydropneumatiquej hydropneumatic brake;
d lame circulaire, circular compressor braked
lames, compressor brake; Armstrong plate
recoil check;
d lames etd arcs, bow compressor;
d lames centrales, plate compressor;
d lames pendantes, Elswick compressor;
Lemoine, Lemoine brake;
d levier, lever brake;
levier de , brake handle, lever;
d machoires. clamp recoil check;
d manette, clamp and handle (as in r. f. guns);
mettre le , to put on a drag or brake;
de moyeu, nave brake;
de moyeu d cordes, funicular nave brake;
d orifices constants et ecoulement libre, hydraulic
brake with constant orifice and free
discharge;
d orifices fcrmes par une soupape chargee d'un
poids constant (variable), hydraulic brake with
closing valve of constant (variable) load;
d orifices variables, hydraulic brake with variable
orifices;
d orifices variables et resistance constante, hydraulic
brake with variable orifices and constant
resistance;
oter le , to take off the brake or drag;
d patins, wheel brake, shoe; shoe brake; lock
(for wheels, downhill);
d patins et d cordes, (Fr. art.) the Lemoine
rope and shoe brake;
d peigne, (so-called) comb brake;
de pointage, locking brake for elevating gear;
elevation brake (Fr. l^ 111
short);
a pompe, hydraulic brake;
de recul, recoil brake;
de recul d vis, screw recoil brake;
regler un , to adjust a brake, a recoil check;
d ressort, spring recoil check;
de roues, wheel brake;
de route, road brake; traveling brake;
de route d vis, screw road brake;
d sabot, block brake; shoe brake;
sabot de , brake block;
de serrage, tightening brake;
serre, applied brake;
de soulevementj, brake to resist overturning
(Locard);
d soupape chargee, loaded valve brake;
de stirete, safety brake;
detir, recoil brake ;
d valve, Vavasseur hydraulic brake; rotating
valve brake.
d
II. Miscellaneous:
, fitted or equipped with a brake;
d'absorption, absorbing brake or dynamometer;
d air, (r. r.) air brake:
atmospherique , (r. r.) airbrake;
automateur,
brake;
automatique, self-acting
continu, (r. r.) continuous brake;
de couronne de piston, (mach.) junk ring stop;
demi-interieur a , bicycle brake lodged in the
steering post;
dynamometrique , (mach.) friction brake;
electrique, (r. r.) electric brake;
d'entrainement
brake;
circulaire, circular bicycle
garde , brakesman, brakeman;