A French-English Military Dictionary - Sturmpanzer.com

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liberty dc languc, (ham.) port (of a bit);
des mers, freedom of the seas;
mettre en , to set at liberty, release, free,
discharge;
raise en , discharge, release;
du piston, (steam) clearance;
: de
de rognon, (harn.) hollow of the cantle;
troussequin, v. dc rognon.
libraire, m., bookseller;
editeur, publisher.
Hbrairie, f., bookseller's shop; book trade.
libre, a., free; at liberty, independent, released;
loose; at large; open; (mach.) out of gear;
b, I'air , in the open air;
cspace clear , ground; plenty of room;
au , (ball.) in free air (of combustion of
powder, etc.).
lice, f., lists, field, arena;
entrer en to enter the lists.
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licence, f., license, permission.
Hcenclement, m., (mil.) disbanding, mustering
out.
licencier, v. a., (mil.) to disband, muster out.
licet, m., leave, permission.
licol, m., (harn.) halter;
bride , v. s. v. bride;
bridon -, v. s. v. bridon;
d'ecurie, stable halter;
deforce, shoeing halter (for refractory horse);
collar for restraining horses in certain veterinary
operations;
de parade, (in the French cuirassiers and
dragoons) bridle halter.
licou, m., (harn.) halter; head collar, stable collar;
d'abreuvoir, watering bridle.
He, f., sediment, dregs.
liege, m., cork; (harn.) knee-puff;
& , corked;
fossile, de montagne, asbestos, fossil
cork.
liement, m. , (fenc.) binding.
lien, m., tie, strap, hoop; band, knot; iron band,
strap; hoop for strengthening timber; brace;
(in pi.) shackles, chains, irons, bonds; (cord.)
lashing; (raacft.)link (of a link-motion);
defer, enfer, iron strap or band;
incline, tie-rod;
pendant, hanging-tie.
ller, v. a., to bind, tie, fasten, lash; to connect,
join, unite; (fenc.) to bind the adversary's
blade.
lierne, f., rail, stringpiece; floor plank of a boat;
(cons.) wall-plate (of a roof);
de palee, tie piece for supporting king-post;
tie, ribbon (bolted to a row of piles to keep
them in place).
lieu, m., place, spot; ground; room; order; locus;
turn; (in pi.) premises;
d'aisances, latrine , water-closet, "rear;"
defranchise , asylum (refuge);
porter en beau , (man.) to carry the head
well.
lieue, f., league;
geographique, marine league;
marine, marine league (3,556 meters);
de poste, postal league (3,898 meters);
commune, (so called) common league (4,444
meters);
melrique, metric league, 4,000 meters.
lieutenance, f., (mil.) lieutenancy.
lieutenant, m., (mil. and nav.) lieutenant; (fig.)
assistant;
adjoint au tresorier, (Fr. a.) assistant of the
capitaine tresorier;
adjudant-major, (Fr. a.) a lieutenant acting
as adjudant.-major;
amiral, (nav.) vice-admiral (rare, not
official);
d'armement, (Fr. a.) in the infantry, a lieutenant
charged with the
repair, care, and accountability
of the arms in service (acting
ordnance officer, U.S. A.);
de bora, (nav.) executive officer;
colonel, lieutenant-colonel;
en dcuxieme, second lieutenant;
general, lieutenant-general;
lieutenant d'habillemenl, (Fr. a.) the officier
d'habillemcnt of separate battalions, of the bat-
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talions of fortress artillery and of the squadrons
of the train;
d' instruction, v. s. v. instruction;
en premier, first lieutenant;
second , en second, second lieutenant;
sous , sublieutenant;
tresorier, (Fr. a.) the paymaster of separate
battalions, of battalions of foot artillery, and
of the train squadrons;
de vaisseau, (Fr. nav.) lieutenant.
ligan, v. lagan.
ligature, f., ligature, tie, binding; (art.) choke of
a cartridge bag; (elec.) twist joint.
lignard, m., (mil. slang) foot soldier of the line,
linesman.
ligne, f., line; line (of railway, of telegraph, of
cable, etc.); (railway) track; order; path in
a forest; twelfth part of an inch; the equator;
(fenc.) line, division; (man.) track (followed
by the horse in riding school); (cord.) small
rope, line (esp. Fr. art.) rope 75m long used
with the 80mm gun on mountain duty; (mil.)
line, line of battle, line of troops; rank; the
line of the army (as opposed to irregular or
light or special troops); line (as opposed to
guards); (in ">l.) lines (quarters); (fort.) line
of works.
I. Arnllery, ballistics, fortification;
II. Military operations, drill, formations;
III. Technical and miscellaneous.
I. Artillery, ballistics,
fortifi^ion.
d'ame, (art.) axis of the bore;
d'apwroche, (siege) line of approach, trench;
d'attaque, (siege) approach, trench;
de I'axe, (art., sm. a.) axis of the piece
produced;
bastionnee, (fort.) bastioned line;
de but, (art., sm. a.) range (line to target);
capitale, (fort.) capital;
de circonvallation, (siege) line of circumvallation;
de combat, (siege) the line of works or of
prepared positions of a line of investment;
(more esp.) the part of tae line of investment
composed of the two principal lines of
works;
de combat de la defense exterieure active, (siege)
line held by the mobile troops of tae defense
in advance of the permanent works;
s de communication, (siege) communicating
trenches;
continue, (fort.) continuous line of works;
de contre-approche, (siege) line of counterapproaches;
de conlrevallation, (siege) line of countervallation;
du cordon, (fort.) magistral;
couvrante, (fort.) in defilading, the line below
which a standing man will be safe (drawn
from the crest to 1.8ra above the farthest point
to be defiladed)
& cremailleres, (fort.) indented, cremaillere
line;
de defense, (fort.) line of defense (bastion
trace); mam line, as distinguished from a
flank adjacent; line of frontier defenses; (siege)
outer line; line of forts; line between the forts
and the main body of the place; (torp.) line of
torpedoes in a pass or channel;
a demi-redoutes , (sieoe, fort.) a continuous
line, with half redoubts at intervals;
de depart, (ball.) line of departure, the tangent
to the trajectory at its origin;
d'explosion, (expl.) line, radius, of explosion;
defeu(x), (fort.) interior crest;
hauteur de la de mire, (ball.) line of metal
elevation (obs.);
s intermediates, (fort.) defensive lines joining
the salients of the noyau central; line of works
in the second line;
a inlcrvalles, (fort.) a line of works with intervals
between ;
noncontinuous line of works,
(iigncs Pidoll, Rogniat);