A French-English Military Dictionary - Sturmpanzer.com

irein 194 front
frein invisible, a bicycle brake, of which only the
handle is visible (lodged in steering post and
handlebar);
mettre le , (r. r.) to put on brakes;
oter le , (harn.) to unbit, unbridle; (r. r.,
etc.) to take off brakes;
prendre le aux dents, (man.) to bolt, run
away;
retenir le par , to curb;
ranger le , (of a horse) to champ the bit;
& ruban, friction strap;
de rupture, (balloons) a set of five parallel
cords, the successive breaking of which less-
ens the shock on the anchor when it finally
bites;
d sabot, (r. r.) shoe brake;
tare du , (in a friction brake) the tare or allowance
due to leverage;
& vide, (r. r.) vacuum brake;
d vis, screw brake;
de voiture, carriage brake;
de volant, clamp of a handwheel.
frtle, a., weak, fragile, brittle.
frtmir, v. a., to tremble, vibratej to simmer (of
water about to boil).
Irene, m.,ash (wood and tree).
frequence, f. , (elec.) frequency, periodicity.
frfcre, m., brother;
d'armes, (mil.) brother in arms, comrade;
gros s, (mil. slang) cuirassiers.
fret, m.. chartering of a vessel, cost of chartering,
sea freight (material and cost of transportation)
; transportation of freight by sea;
d'aller, outward freight;
donner un vaisseau & to charter a , vessel
(broker, owner);
faux , dead freight;
prendre un vaisseau it
, to charter a ship
(merchant);
de retour, return freight, homeward freight;
de sortie, v. d'aller.
fretement, m., freighting, chartering (of a vessel).
fr6ter, v. a., to charter a vessel (strictly of the
broker or owner) to ; freight;
cap et queue, to charter a ship;
& la cueillette, to charter for a general cargo;
en grand, to charter in bulk;
en travers, v. en grand.
frfiteur, m., charterer of a vessel (strictly, of the
owner or broker); freighter, shipper.
frettage, m., hooping, tiring (a wheel); (art.)
hooping, shrinkage; generic term for process of
constructing a built-up gun; hoop;
allonge, (art.) system in which hoops extend
over a considerable length of the gun; this sort
of hooping itself ;
biconique, (art.) system (De Bange) of biconic
or double-taper hoops;
conique, (art.) taper hooping;
double, (art.) double row of hoops; double
hooping;
en fits, (art.) wire hooping;
fosse de , v. puits de ;
mixte, (art.) in certain bronze guns, the
assemblage of tube and jacket under pressure;
puits de , (art.) shrinkage pit.
frette, f., hoop, ring (in general); end band (of
a wooden nave); ferrule, hoop ring; band,
tire, flange; (art.) hoop, coil, (esp. to-day)
short hoop.
(Except where otherwise indicated, the fol-
lowing terms relate to artillery:)
lie he
-agrafes , f . d aa ents , ribbed hoop c radle , hoop ;
agrafes v. d , , adents;
f . v. & , adents;
d'appui, (Hotchkiss) mounting hoop;
d'armons, hoop of fore guides oflimber;
arriere, rear hoop, breech hoop;
d 'attache, hoop for locking or flaring wires
(Schultz wire gun);
avant, first hoop from muzzle of gun;
biconique, biconic, double-taper, hoop of De
Bange;
r de butle, recoil hoop or band (sort of ring or
hoop on chase of the gun, e. g., Fr. 120"", to
reduce the shock in case the gun recoils to its
limit in the trunnion sleeve);
frette de calage, locking hoop or ring;
d crochet, hoop and hook;
culasse, de culasse, breech hoop;
ecrou, f., threaded hoop;
d e'ticastrement, cradle hoop;
de moyeu, nave hoop;
d oreilles, a hoop with longitudinal ribs;
de pied, (pont.) iron hoop around top of trestle
leg;
dpiton, hoop and eye (on hitching post);
de pointage, in certain guns, the hoop or band
connecting the breech with the elevating gear;
porte-guidon, front-sight ring or band ;
porte-hausses, sight ring or band;
porte-tourillons , trunnion hoop;
de recouvrement, key ring; locking ring;
de roue, nave band (of a wheel) ;
d tenons, assembling hoop (of some hydraulic
brakes;
to'Jrillons, d tourillons, f., (art.) trunnion
hoop; trunnion band;
vissee , screw hoop ;
de voice, (art.) muzzle hoop, chase hoop.
fretted a., hooped; (art.) built up;
canon , (art.) built-up gun.
iretter, v. a., to hoop; to flange; (art.) to shrink
on the hoops.
f riabilite, f . , friability,
friable, a., friable.
friche, f., waste, uncultivated land;
en , fallow.
friction, f., rubbing, friction (synonym of frottement,
but rarely used).
frictometre, m., friction gauge.
frigorifere, m., freezing, cooling, apparatus; refrigerator
;
a gaz, any apparatus based on the evaporation
of a volatile liquid;
dliquide, any cooling apparatus using a nonfreezing
liquid;
d affinitt, ammonia apparatus;
d air, compressed-air cooling apparatus.
frigoriflque, a., refrigerating; refrigerator; appareil
, refrigerator.
frimas, m. , hoarfrost, white frost.
friugale, (hipp.) abnormal appetite.
friu guilt, a., frisky , mettlesome.
frise, f., frieze; kind of cloth; (cons.) flooring board
or strip for parquet;
cheval de , v. s. v. cheval.
fiiser, v. a., to graze, brush, glance upon, touch
lightly, approach;
se , (hipp.) to brush.
frison, m., can or jug.
frltter, v. a., to frit.
froid, m. and a., cold;
epaules es, (hipp.) stiff shoulders;
des epaules, (man.) sluggish, unwilling to
start (in increasing gaits);
forger d , (met.) to cold-hammer.
froissement, m., crushing, bruising; (fenc.) sharp,
sliding pressure along adversary's foil.
froisser, v. a., to bruise.
fromage, m. , cheese;
d'un crcuset, (met.) crucible stand.
froment, m., wheat;
cultivc, wheat;
faux , rye grass.
front, m., front, face, facing; head; (mil.) (in
commands) front! (fort., mil.) front; (hipp.)
forehead;
d'action, (mil.) battle front;
d'armee, (mil.) front of an army; front occupied
by the various units of the first line of an
army;
d'attaque, (min.) driving head; face of the
work (of a tunnel); (fort., mil.) front of attack;
(fort.) front that will be or is attached,
front selected for attack by besieging enemy;
attaque de , (mil.) attack in line;
attaquer de , (mil.) to make a front attack;
de bandiere, v. s. v. bandiere;
bastionne, (fort.) bastioned front;
de bataille, (mil.) front of all the troops in
the first line;
battre de , v. s. v. battrc;
changement de , changer de , v. s. w.
changcment, changer;
cheval d plat, v. s. v. cheval: