A French-English Military Dictionary - Sturmpanzer.com

maftre 257 malaclc
maitre cable, best cable, main cable;
calfat, head calker;
de canne, v. de baton;
canonnier, (nav.) gunner;
canonnier en second, (nav.) gunner's
mate;
charge, (nav.) warrant officer in charge of
stores;
charpentier, (mil, nav.) master carpenter;
chevron^ (cons.) principal, main rafter;
compagnon, foreman;
constructeur, (nav.) naval constructor;
contrc , foreman; (nav.) boatswain's
mate;
cordier, ( Fr. a.) cordage master; .
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couple, (nav.) midship frame;
d'ecluses, sluice master;
ecole, schoolmaster; (hipp.) steady horse,
used in setting the pace in training colts to
gallop, or hitched up with a young horse
under training; good horse used as a decoy
in a sale (a poor horse being substituted on
delivery);
entrait, (cons.) tiebeam;
d''equipage, (nav.) boatswain;
es-arts, master of arts;
d'escrime, (fenc.) fencing master; (Fr. a.)
regimental fencing master;
es-lois, jurist;
en fait d'armes, v. d'armes;
-ferrant, farrier;
forgeron, ( Fr. a.) chief blacksmith;
garcon, workman in powder mills;
grand(-) , grand master;
de hache, v. charpentier;
mac,on, master mason;
de manege, riding master;
de manoeuvre, v. d'cquipage;
marechal ferrant, ( Fr. a.) chief farrier in each
mounted regiment (art., cav.);
mecanicien, chief engineer;
de musique, (mil.) bandmaster;
nageur, swimming teacher;
d'veuvre, foreman;
d'ouvrage, master workman;
ouvrier, (Fr. art., eng.) master workman;
(in gen.) master workman;
pilier, (cons.) arch pillar;
pointeur, (Fr. art.) gunner (seacoast,
U. A.);
de port, harbor master;
de paste, postmaster;
poudrier, master workman of a powder
factory;
premier , (Fr. nav.) senior warrant officer
(ranks with adjudant) ;
de quai, wharfmaster;
de quart, (nav.) boatswain's mate;
quartier , ( Fr. nav.) petty officer (ranks with
a corporal);
se rendre dufeu, (art.) to subdue the hostile
fire;
second , ( Fr. nav.) grade assimilated to sergeant
- in the army;
second canonnier, (nav.) gunner's mate;
seltier, (Fr. a.) saddler's sergeant;
tambour , tambour, (mil.) instructor of
drum music;
torpilleur, (nav.) torpedo gunner;
voilier, (nav.) sailmaker.
maitresse, f., mistress, (in combination) principal,
chief;
ancre, best Bower;
arche, principal arch (as of a bridge, etc.);
bitte, pawl bitt of a capstan;
ferme, (cons.) main truss or couple;
partie, (nav.) midship bend, dead flat;
piece, main timber, main piece;
poutre, (cons.) principal beam, girder;
tige de pompe, main pump-rod;
varangue, (nav.) midship floor;
voute, main vaulting.
maitrise, f., mastership of a military order;
grande , dignity of grand master.
maitrtser, v. a., to master, control, subdue, overcome,
keep under, command.
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majest, f., majesty.
majeur, a., great, greater, important;
force e, act of God, superior force, circumstances
beyond one's control, vis major.
major, m., ( Fr.a.) field officer in immediate charge
of the administration and accountability of
a regiment (function, not a grade); shortened
form of medec in-major; (mil. slang) at the
Polytechnique, the head of the list, number
one (major is sometimes used by the French
to denote the major of services other than the
French);
adjudant v. s. .
, y. adjudant;
aide v. , aide-major;
aide- general, (Fr. a.) general officer, assistant
of the general, assistant chief of
staff;
clairon , bugle major;
etat , v. etat-major; .
gardien -, in French ports, a sort of chief of
police;
de la garnison, (Fr. a.) the executive officer
of a garrison, assistant to the commandant
d'armes; town major;
general, (Fr. a.) chief of staff of a group of
armies in war (for other cases see under general;
nearest equivalent, U. S. A., adjutant-general);
( Fr. nav.) chief of staff;
medccin de lere (2eme) classe, ( Fr. a.) surgeonmajor
(captain);
de place, town major (obs.);
pilote , v. s. v. pilote;
de queue, at the Polytechnique, the last
man; the "endth," "endth'-' man, the "goat,"
(U. S. M. A.);
ronde v. s. v. , ronde;
sergent- , (Fr. a.) sergeant-major (nearest
equivalent, U. S. A., first sergeant);
major;
tambour drum ,
de tranchee, (siege) field officer of the trenches,
assistant to the general de tranchee in executive
duties, police of the trenches, direction of
working parties, etc., (permanent detail, one
to each attack);
trompette , trumpet major.
majoration, f . allowance in excess of , actual needs,
to meet contingencies, e. g.:
d'essayage, clothes, etc., in excess of the number
of men to be fitted, available in case clothes
issued should not fit.
majority, f., ( Fr. a.) function of a major; office of a
major.
makis, m., (Corsican) jungle.
mal, a., bad, poor; wrong; sick, ill.
mal, m., hardship, hard work; harm, hurt, evil; disease,
malady;
d'dne, (hipp.) scratches;
blanc, white cankerous growth (in the throat
of pigeons);
de bois, v. ete brout;
de brout, (hipp.) disease brought on by
brousing on young shoots of trees;
caduc, (hipp.) epilepsy;
de ccrf, (hipp.) tetanus;
d'encolure, (hipp.) generic name for contusions,
etc., on the upper part of the
encblure;
d' Espagne, v. defcu;
defeu, (hipp.) sleepy staggers;
de garrot, (hipp.) fistula of the withers, fistulous
withers;
de mer, seasickness;
de montagne, mountain sickness;
de nuque, (hipp.) poll evil;
du pays, homesickness;
de rognon, (hipp.) saddle gall; inflammation
(phlegmon) on the haunches;
de taupe, (hipp.) poll evil;
de terre, scurvy;
de tete de contagion, (hipp.) anasarca
glanders.
malade, a. n., sick; patient;
aux s, (mil.) sick call.
se faire porter , (mil.) to get on the sickreport;
role des s, (mil.) sick-report.