A French-English Military Dictionary - Sturmpanzer.com

liteau 247 logemend
liteau, m., strip; (fort.) riband (along palisading);
de frottement, (art., etc.] friction band,
strake, or guard;
de palissades, (fort.) riband (along or on the
top of a palisade).
literie, f., bedding, bed and bedding.
lltewka, f., (unif.) sort, of jacket or blouse.
litharge, f., litharge.
lithoclastite, f., (expl.) Uthoclastite.
lithofracteur, m., (expZ.) lithofracteur.
lithographe, m., lithographer;
i mprimeur , lithographer.
lithographic, f., lithography, lithographic establishment.
Hihographier, v. a., to lithograph.
iitiere, f., litter, stretcher; (hipp.) litter;
etre sur la , (hipp.) to be sick, to be down;
faire la , (hipp.) to bed down horses;
sautee, (hipp.) litter that has been turned
over with a fork.
litre, m., liter.
litteral, m., (Fr. a.) parts of the drill book to
be memorized by drill masters; "booking"
(U.S. M.A.).
littoral, m. and a., coast, seacoast; littoral, sea
frontier.
liure, f., (cord.) seizing, lashing.
livarde, f., (cord.) rubbing cord.
Hvet, m., (nav.) sheer line.
livraison, f., delivery; number of a periodical;
marche de , contract to furnish.
livrancier, m., deliverer, shipper, of goods,
supplies; contractor for supplies; a., delivering,
livre, m.,book;
de bord, (nay.) ship's journal;
fi chiffrer, cipher book, code;
de comptabilitc, (adm.) account book;
de detail, (Fr. a. adm.) register; book of accounts
(now registre de comptabilitt);
grand , ledger;
-journal, journal or daybook;
de loch, (nav.) log book, log;
de notes, (top.) notebook; field book;
1
d 'ordinaire, (mil.) mess book;
d'ordres, (mil.) orderly book;
de signaux, signal book, signal code.
livre, f., pound; a half kilogram; franc;
metrique, a half kilogram ;
sterling, pound sterling.
livrer, v. a., to deliver, abandon, yield, give over
or up, hand over, surrender; (mil.) to give
(battle), to make (an assault);
un assaut, (mil.) to make an assault;
bataille, (mil.) to give battle;
& la circulation, to open for traffic;
un combat, (mil.) to fight, give combat;
se , (man.) (of a horse) to yield to the impulse
of the reins, of the legs.
'livret, m., notebook; (mil.) soldier's pocketbook;
d'armement, (Fr. a.) register or record of
the arms in the hands of detached units;
de bouche & feu, (art.) register for each gun
(description and record of firing); record of
artillery (U. S. Art.);
d'emplacement des troupes, (Fr. a.) roster of
troops and stations;
d'etapes, ( Fr. a.) list of gites d' (tapes;
individuel, (mil.) soldier's handbook;
d'infirmerie, ( Fr. a.) sick book or record kept
for each horse;
matricule de cheval, (Fr. a.) descriptive book
for each horse;
matricule d'homme de troupe, (Fr. a.) descriptive
book made out by the recruiting
bureau for each man it enlists (sent to the
unit which the man joins);
matricule d'offlder, (Fr. a.) officer's record
or descriptive book (made out by the major,
or head of department, and kept by the c. o.,
by the tresorier for staff officers);
de munitions, ( Fr. a.) register of ammunition
and of related material received and expended
by the regiment;
d'ordinaire, (mil.) mess account book;
livret de solde, (Fr. a. adm.) register or account
of sums paid to troops, establishments, officers
not serving with troops, etc.
lixiviation, f., (chem.) lixiviation.
local, a., local; m., place, premises; (mil. and
fort.) generic term for any room, apartment,
or premises used in the military service, e. g
barracks, storerooms, magazines, kitchens
(does not include gun casemates or any other
quarters or rooms in which guns are mounted);
disciplinaire, (mil.) guardhouse, prison, cell;
de punition. (mil.) any place where punishment
is served,
localite, f., locality.
iocataire, m., f., tenant.
locatif, a., occupier's , tenant's
location, f., hiring, renting.
locatis, m., (hipp.) hired hack; screw.
loch, m.,(nav.) log;
bateau de , log-ship, log chip:
brevete, v. enregistreur;
enregistreur, patent log;
defond, ground log;
jeter le , to heave the log;
ligne de , log line;
livre de , log book;
ordinaire, common log;
sablier de , log glass;
tour de , log reel.
locher, v. n., to oe loose (of a horseshoe).
lochet, m., narrow spade.
locomobile, a., locomobile; f., (mach.) portable
engine, transportable steam engine.
locomoteur, a., producing locomotion,
locomotif, a., locomotive;
force, puissance, ve, locomotive power;
machine ve. (r. r.) locomotive engine.
locomotive, f., (r. r.) locomotive
" (ordinarily called
machine," engine) ;
allumee, locomotive with steam up, fired
locomotive;
articulee, double-ended locomotive;
chargee, v. allumee;
express , express locomotive;
de gare. shifting engine;
& grande vitesse, express engine;
de, en, manoeuvre, v. de gare;
d marchandises, freight engine;
de montagne, mountain locomotive;
d, roues
couplees, coupled engine;
it roues zndependantes, libres, uncoupled
engine;
ft n roues, n-wheeled engine;
routiere, road engine, traction engine;
sans feu, firelesslocomotive;
-tender,- & tender, tank engine;
de terrassement , bogie engine;
tivoyageurs, passenger engine.
loge, f., lodge, hut, cabin; cell, box; booth.
logement, m., lodging, accommodation, quarters;
room, house room; (mil.) billet, lodging,
quarters; quartering, billeting, of troops; (Fr.
a.) party sent in advance of a column on the
march to look up and prepare quarters and
supplies for the column on its arrival at des-
tination; (art., sm. a., mach., tech.) bed, groove,
seat, act of letting in; (siege) lodgment; (art.)
dent, indentation, in the bore at the seat of
the projectile;
assiette du , v. s. v. assiette;
billet de , (mil.) billet; billeting ticket;
de boulet, (art.) seat (defect) of the projectile
in smoothbore guns (due to pressure of
du canon, (sm. a.) barrel groove;
caverne, (fort.) subterranean shelter or
quarters;
chez I' habitant, (mil.) billeting;
s et emmenagements, accommodations;
militaire, (mil.) quarters, quartering;
des mines, (mil. min.) mine lodgment (parallel
of the offensive, about 20 to 30 meters
from most advanced mines of defense, and
intended to be used as a starting point for
offensive operations);
de I'obtumtcur, etc., (art.) seat, recess, of tho
obturator, etc. ;