A French-English Military Dictionary - Sturmpanzer.com

casonnerie 254 magnetiser
maconnerie de, en, briques, brickwork;
brute, rubble masonry;
croisee, cross bond;
h, en, echiquier, reticulated work;
defondement, foundation work;
de fourneau, de foyer, brickwork of a
furnace;
grossiere, rubblework;
hourdee, mortar masonry (as distinguished
from dry work);
hydraulique, waterproof masonry;
en liaison, bonded work;
de libage, masonry of large rough-dressed
stones;
maillee, net masonry;
de moellons, ashlar work;
de pierres seches, dry work;
en pierres de tattle, ashlar masonry (dressed
stone);
de remplissage, filling, filling in;
reticule e, reticulated work;
de soubassemenl, v. defondement:
vive, ashlar masonry (dressed stone).
macree, f ., bore (in rivers).
maeule, f., spot, stain, blemish.
madre, a., spotted.
mad Her, m., thick, plank; (art.) shifting plank;
deck plank; platform plank; (pont.) chess;
bout de , (art.) short plank;
demi (pont.) half chess;
d'equipement, (art.), plank used in rigging
the gin;
gite, (art.) ground plank, bottom plank, of
a gun platform;
libre de crosse, (art.) loose plank under the
trail (hence easily renewable);
de petard, (mil. min.) board
petard is fixed;
de plateforme, (art.) deck plank;
de pont, (pont.) chess;
to which a
poser des s, (pont.) to lay chess.
madrure, f., mark, speckle in wood,
iiiaestral, m., mistral, northwest wind (Mediterranean).
magasin, m., shop; magazine, storehouse, storeroom;
pnmsion, store, stock; (art. fort.) magazine;
(sm. a.) magazine; (mil. slang) military
school;
adminislratif, (Fr. a.) administrative depot
or magazine (as distinguished from a troopunit
magazine); receives raw materials, contractors'
materials, and acts as a depot of
issue to troops (two classes intendance, including
subsistence and quartermaster depots;
medical, including hospitals and medical
supply stores); quartermaster (subsistence)
depotfU. S. A.);
administratif central, (Fr. a.) depot of issue
for current service charged with the manufacture
of effects for one, two, or three army
corps;
administratif general, (Fr. a.) general service
depot containing reserve supplies of cloth and
of made-up articles;
administratif regional, (Fr. a.) depot of
issue of made-up articles for current use (has
no workshop);
armed, , (sm. a.) magazine rifle;
d'armes, (mil.) armory;
d'artillerie, (siege) artillery storehouse;
automatique, (sm. a.) automatic magazine;
loader;
de batterie, (fort.) expense magazine;
de bouche, (mil.) subsistence depot or storehouse;
& cartouches, (fort.) expense magazine in
parapet;
caverne, (fort.) powder magazine excavated
in rock;
central, (sm. a.) central magazine; (siege)
general magazine for a group of batteries; (adm.)
v. administratif central;
commun, (Fr. a.) magazine in which administration
and regimental stores are kept together;
mixed magazine;
pour la consommation journaliere, (siege)
expense magazine in or near the battery it
supplies;
magasin de corps de troupe, (mil.) regimental
storehouse, magazine;
& coton-poudre , etc., (fort.) gun cotton, etc.,
magazine;
divisionnaire , (Fr. a.) in Algiers, the magazine
corresponding to the regional of
France;
en , in stock;
fixe, (sm. a.) magazine proper; fixed magazine;
(adm.) stationary magazine, as distinguished
from roulant, q. v.;
dfourrages, forage shed, granary;
garde , storekeeper;
& gargousses, (fort., siege) powder or cartridge
magazine of a battery; expense magazine;
general, v. administratifgeneral;
grand & poudre, (fort.) main magazine;
de guerre, (mil.) ammunition magazine;
horizontal, (sm. a.) horizontal magazine;
hors classe, (Fr. a.) an administrative magazine
of which a special bond is required;
intermediate, (fort.) magazine common to
several batteries, set up, first, when no convenient
magasin de batterie can be established;
second, when the magasins de secteur are too
far off;
mobile, (sm. a.) loader; quick loader; loading
clip, clip; detachable magazine;
& munitions, (mil.) ammunition magazine;
a munitions central, (siege) general supply
magazine for a group of batteries (established
between the park and the batteries);
& munitions d'infanterie, (siege) cartridge
magazine;
particulier, (mil.) the storehouse of each administrative
unit;
petit de batterie, (fort.) expense magazine;
pontet, (sm. a.) magazine and guard of the
Spanish Mauser;
& poudre, aux poudrcs, (mil.) powder
magazine;
& poudre central, (siege) magazine of a group
of batteries, about 1,000 meters in rear of this
group;
& poudre principal, (siege) main magazine,
containing the supply of powder for a siege
(about 10 kilometers from the outer line of
works of the place beseiged);
regional., v. administralif regional;
ft repetition occasionnelle, (sm. a.) detachable
magazine;
de reserve, (mil.) permanent magazine for
reserve stores in large quantities;
roulant, (mil.) mobile magazine, generic
expression for supply train;
- de secteur, (fort.) main magazine of a sector
of defense;
de service, expense magazine;
station- , (mil.) main supply reserve established
in a railway station;
du temps de guerre, (Fr. a.) service powdermagazine,
i. e., filled in war from the supplies
of the du temps depaix;
du temps de paix, (Fr. a.) ordinary powdermagazine;
tubulaire, (sm. a.) tubular magazine;
aux vivres, (mil.) subsistence storehouse or
magazine; provision storehouse.
magasinage, m., storage, warenousing.
magasinier, m., storekeeper.
magdaieon, m., roll or stick (of sulphur, etc.).
magistral, a., magistral, principal, base;
galerie e, (fort.) principal, main gallery of a
work;
ligne e, magistral line of a plan, etc.; (fort.)
magistral, interior crest.
magistrate, f., (fort.) magistral.
magistrat, m., magistrate.
magistraturc, f., magistracy, magistrates.
magma, m., magma.
magnfesie, f., magnesia.
magnfisium, m., magnesium.
magn$tique, a., magnetic.
magnStiser, v. a., to magnetize.