A French-English Military Dictionary - Sturmpanzer.com

grognard 210 gucrlin
grognard, m., grumbler; (mil.) old soldier (origally
a soldier of the Old Guard).
gronder, v. n., (of guns) to roar, thunder.
gros, a., large, heavy, thick, bulky, big;
se caisse, (mus.) bass drum;
se cavalcrie, (cav.) heavy cavalry, cuirassiers;
d'haleine, (hipp.) broken-winded;
se mer, high, rough, heavy sea;
ses pieces, (art.) heavy guns, guns of large
caliber;
ses reparations, extensive, substantial repairs;
temps, rough, bad weather (at sea);
vent, high wind.
gros, main part of; thick end or part; big or lump
coal; wholesale trade; (mil.) main body;
d'un arbre, thick end of a tree, trunk;
de I'armee, (mil.) main body of the army;
d'avant-garde, (mil.) main body of the advance
guard;
avoir du , (hipp.) to be strongly built, i. e.,
to have big bones and corresponding muscles;
de , (of timber) square (i. e., so many inches
square);
et detail, wholesale and retail;
de I'eau, high water at spring tide;
de I'ete, de I'hiver, depth of summer, of
winter.
gros-blanc,
glue).
m., strong cement (whiting and
grosse, f., gross (12 dozen); engrossing hand.
grosseur, f., volume.
grossier, a., gross, coarse, rough, thick.
grossir, v. a. n., to magnify, to increase, enlarge
(as a photograph); (of the sea) to rise, swell.
grossissement, m., magnifying; magnifying power
(of a lens); enlargement (of a drawing, map,
. photograph).
groupe, m., group, cluster, (art.) group of two,
three, or four batteries;
en derivation, (elec.) joining up in parallel,
in quantity;
horizontal, (ball.) grouping of shots on a
horizontal target;
individuel, (ball.) grouping of shots by a
single man;
en quantite, v. en derivation;
en serie, (elec.) joining up in series;
en surface, v. en derivation:
en tension, v. en serie;
vertical, (ball.) grouping of shots on a vertical
target.
grouper, v. a., to group, bring together; (elec.) to
join up;
grouper en derivation,
v. s. v. groupement.
en quantite, eic.,(elec.)
gruau, m . small crane .
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grue, f., crane, trailer;
adossce, wall crane;
& air comprime, crane worked by compressed
air;
d'alimentation, water crane;
amarre de cheek , of a crane;
arbre de crane , post;
h axe tournante, revolving crane;
bee dc , jib or arm of a crane;
& bras, hand crane;
de chargement, hositing crane, loading crane;
& chariot, & chariot mobile, overhead,
traveling crane;
b, deux pivots, wall crane;
ct double voice, double crane;
echelier de , crane jib or arm;
electrique, electric crane, electrically controlled
crane;
fixe, stationary crane;
hydraulique, hydraulic crane;
hydraulique ct palan, crane in which a tackle
is worked hydraulically;
hydraulique ct piston, hydraulic piston crane;
& lest, ballast crane;
locomobile, traveling, running, transportable,
crane;
b, main, hand crane;
mature, sheers;
mobile, traveling (transportable) crane;
monte-projectiles (art.) shell hoist, shot crane;
ft pierres, loading crane (for heavy work);
ct pivot, revolving crane, post crane;
d, pivot fixe, stationary crane;
h pivot mobile,
& pivot tournant, turning
alpin, (Fr. a.) ..group of mountain troops
(artillery and infantry) commanded by a chef
de bataillon;
d'armees, (Fr. a.) all the armies operating in
one theater of war, and under the supreme
command of one general;
de complement (Fr. art.) in a regiment, so
much of the regiment as is not included in the
s de service and de manoeuvre;
franc, (Fr. a.) body of men in advance of
the advance guard for the purpose of additional
exploration;
de guerre, (Fr. art.) a group of three batteries
de guerre, q. v. (field artillery), of two batteries
de guerre (horse artillery);
de manoeuvre, (Fr. art.) a group of three batteries
de manoeuvre, q. v.;
de service, (Fr. art.) in a regiment, a group
charged with the general police, fatigues, etc.
group*, p. p., grouped;
formation e, (mil.) dense formation.
groupement, m., grouping; (ball.) grouping of
hitsabout the center ofimpact; (elec.) joining up,
connecting up (of cells);
centre du , (ball.) center of impact;
collectif, (ball.) the grouping produced by a
body of crane;
pivotante, v. ct, pivot;
ct poingon, landing or wharf crane; stationary
crane;
poinqon
hand
men;
densite de , (ball.) density of grouping, ratio
of number of shots to unit area on which they
de crane , post;
portative, portable crane, winch,
winch;
rancher de , v. bee de ;
rotilante, v. mobile;
h trois os, three-legged crane;
h vapeur, steam crane;
volte de v. bee de .
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grume, f., bark left on felled tree;
bois en timber with the bark
,
timber (but otherwise trimmed and cut up
into lengths);
en with the bark on.
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grumeau, m., clot, lump;
se mettre en , to clod, lump, grow thick,
coagulate.
grumeler, v. r., to clod, clot.
grumeleux, a., lumpy, clotted.
grumelure, f. (met.) small hollow in a casting,
in cast metal, pitting.
grumillon, m., (met.) bit of hammer scale.
gufe, m.,ford;
& , by fording;
passer d, , traversera to ford.
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gut: able, a., fordable;
non unfordable.
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guijer, v. a., to ford; to water, wash horses, in a
river.
guerilla, m., v. guerrilla.
guferillero, m., v. gucrrillero.
guerir, v. a. n. r., to cure, to be cured;
de, to be cured of (a fever, etc.).
guPrison, f., cure.
guftrite, f., (fort.) small watchtower, lookout; operating
or conning tower, aiming dome (of a
turret), handing room (of a magazine); (mil.)
sentry box;
de barbanon, (fort.) lookout.
blindee, (art., fort.) conning tower or aiming
turret (of a gun turret);
capote de , (mil.) sentinel's watch coat; buffalo
coat (U. S. A.);
de locomotive, (r. r.) cab;
officier de , (/am.) a private;
telephonique, telephone stand or box.
guerlin, m. v. grelin-