A French-English Military Dictionary - Sturmpanzer.com

joue 232 journ^e
joue, f., cheek; side, sidepiece (in many applications);
cheek (of a horse); (sm. a.)
cheek hollow in the butt; side of the receiver;
(mach.) shoulder or flange (to keep
a belt from slipping ofl a pulley, a journal
from slipping longitudinally); (mil.) com-
- de bielle, (much.) connecting-rod fork;
- de la chape, cheek of a pulley;
coucher en-
, (sm. a.) to aim, take aim at;
- de crosse, (sm. a.) cheek piece of a rifle
stock;
deml-- v.- de , vache; - d'embrasure, (fort.) cheek of an embrasure;
en- ! (command) "aim;" - de galerie, (mil., min.) side of a gallery;
mettre en-
, (sm. a.) to aim, take aim at;
mettre quelqu'un en - , (sm. a.) to aim at
anybody;
mouvement de - , (sm. a.) act or operation of
aiming;
position de-
, (sm. a.) position of "aim" ;
- de poulie, cheek of a block; - de vache, cheek block.
jouee, f., (cons.) reveal; (carp.) thickness of wood
over a tenon, between the face of the tenon
and exterior of piece.
jouer, v. a. n., to play; to gamble; to use, handle;
to work (as a pump); to warp, start, spring
(of wood); to work loose, to be loose; (mach.,
etc.) to have play, clearance; (min.) to be
sprung, go ofl, explode; (art.) to go off, be
discharged; - des coutcaux, to fight sword in hand;
- de I'epinette, (man., fam.) to paw the air
while rearing; - faire un fourneau, (min.) to spring a
mine; - serre, to discharge one's part or duty thoroughly
and well (e. g., in fencing).
jouet, m., clamp, iron fish-plate; (harn.) small
chain attached to the mouthpiece of a bit.
joug, m., yoke, slavery, subjection; (mach.)
crosshead.
jouifcre, jouillfere, f., (harn.) cheek strap.
joule, m.,(elec.) joule.
jour, m., day; light, daylight; opening, interval;
space, gap, window; (mach.) clear space
left between adjacent parts of a mechanism;
& - , open, worked through, cut through (of
open work);
capttaine de - aux distributions, (Fr. art.)
captain superintending daily issues (group
of batteries);
-s de chauffe, (nav.) steaming days;
-s courants, running days (including Sundays
and holidays) ; - de coutume, opening or window made in a
wall not a , party wall ;
dans le- in the clear , (of measurements)^
demi-- feeble , light ; - droit, a breast-high opening or window;
etre de-
, (mil.) to be on duty for 24 hours;
h-faillant, at the close of day;
&- failli after the fall of , day;
se - faire , to cut or break one's way
through;
faux-
, false light, poor light; opening or window
made in a partition wall;
-ferie, holiday, dies non:
a - fermant, at the close" of day;
- de grace, (Fr. a.) allowance of time for the
return to duty of persons guilty of various
crimes and misdemeanors before proceeding
against them;
grand- , broad daylight;
- d'en haut, light furnished by a skylight;
lieutenant de - , (art.) battery officer of the
day; - de marche, day's march; - de mer, (nav.) sea day; (in pi.) days at sea
(number of);
mettre d- . to bring up to date;
-s de mobilisation, (Fr. a.) on mobilization
the days devoted, to the assembling of men,
horses, and material (reckoned from 12.01 a. m.
to 11.59 p.m.);
jour, ordre du , (mil.) order of the day;
ouvrable, ouvrier, working day (exclusive
of Sundays and of holidays) ;
de pain, (mil.) one (or pi., so many) day's
(supply) of bread;
s de planche, lay days;
& plomb, light from directly overhead;
prendre sur, to look out on, to get light
from;
s de salle de police, (mil.) (so many) days in
the guardhouse;
service de , (mil.) daily duty;
ae servitude, an opening in a party wall,
made by agreement, etc.; ancient light;
de souffrance, opening or window on a neighbor's
property made with his consent (always
grated and not opening);
s de starie, lay days;
s de surestarie, days on demurrage;
de tolerance, v. de souffrance;
de tranchee, (siege) days of trench work;
& verre dormant, grated window, not
opening, overlooking a neighbor's property;
de vivres, (mil.) one (or pi., so many) day's
rations.
journal,
book;
m., newspaper; journal, diary; day-
du bord, (nav.) ship's log, log book;
de caisse, (Fr. a. adm.) register of moneys
received and expended (kept in -
every regiment
or establishment having a conseil d'administration);
des distributions, (Fr. a. adm.) journal 'or
register of issues;
de la machine, (nay.) engine-room log;
de marche, (mil.) journal, record, of a march,
of march operations;
des marches et operations, (Fr. a.) record
kept in each regiment or larger unit of
inarches and operations executed by the
unit;
Militaire Officiel, (Fr. a.) official military
gazette (discontinued as such in 1886, its
place being taken officially by the Bulletin
Officiel, and unofficially by the Journal Militaire);
de mobilisation, (Fr. a.) register (kept in
each troop-unit, establishment and service) of
the measures to be taken on mobilization in
order to pass to a war footing;
Officiel, in France, the official daily gazette
for the publication of all government documents,
debates, etc. (two editions, the complete
containing all the debates and related
documents, government orders and decisions,
etc., and the partial containing the
journal proper and the debates); (nav.)
official log book kept by masters of English
vessels for the information of the Board of
Trade;
d''operations, (Fr. a.) register kept by commandants
d'etapes, q. v.;
registre , ( Fr. a.) daily register of all issues,
receipts, expenditures, etc., kept by responsible
officers;
de route, (Fr. a.) report of veterinarian
on the condition of horses during and after
a march (to be made 3 days after end of
same);
de siege, (siege) siege journal.
journalier, a., daily; variable; m., (nav.) fresh,
as opposed to preserved, food;
la guerre est e, war is fickle;
travail , day labor.
journalism^ m., journalism; the press.
journaliste, m., journalist, newspaper man.
journfce, f., day (between sunrise and sunset),
day's work, journey work; day's
day wages; journey, day's journey (travel);
(mil.) day of battle, (hence) battle itself; (Fr.
a. adm.) 24 hours, from midnight to midnight,
the basis of computing all allowances of no
matter what nature;
d'absence, (mil.) day absent (leave, sick,
confinement, imprisonment, etc.);
& la , by the day;
feuille de s, v. s. v.feuitte;
gens de , day laborers;
& grandes s,'by forced marches;