A French-English Military Dictionary - Sturmpanzer.com

manipulateur 260 manometre
manipulateur dc decharge, (elec.) discharge
key;
& inversion du courant, (dec.) reversing
key;
telegraphique, telegraph key.
manipulation, f., manipulation; (teleg.) use of
key in sending messages, "sending."
manipuler, v. a., to handle, to work.
manivelle, f., (mach.) crank, crank arm, hand
crank; hand wheel, winch, handle; (art.) plug
lever ;
arbrea , crank shaft;
arbred composee, built-up crank shaft;
arbred, deux s, double crank shaft;
arbrefi s rapportees, built-up crank shaft;
axe a ,crankedaxle;
& bouton, studded crank handle;
bouton de , crank pin;
bras de , crank arm; web of a crank shaft;
(art.) shaft handle;
& charniere, hinged crank;
de cloche, bellcraiik;
de commande, operating handwheel;
composee, double crank; built-up crank;
conauite, trailing crank;
conlret , return crank;
dccroche-obturateur , (art.) obturator releasing
crank ;
& deux branches, (art., etc.) double-branched
handle ;
& disque, disk crank, wheel crank;
double , double-handled crank;
equilibree, balanced crank, disk crank,
crank disk, crank plate; (in pi.) opposite
cranks;
d'equipement, (art.) rigging crank;
defrein, brake crank;
b, main, hand crank;
menante, leading crank;
motrice, driving crank;
moyeude , crank boss;
ceil de la , crank eye;
s opposeec , opposite cranks;
ordinaire, single overhung crank;
ti pedale, pedal crank (bicycle);
plateau , disk crank;
de pointage, (art.) elevating crank, elevating
handwheel;
puitsd, , crank pit;
rapportee, crank handle;
rayon de , crank arm;
du regulateur, throttle lever;
simple, single crank;
soie de , crank pin;
de surete, (r.f.art.) safety crank;
du tendeur, screw coupling lever;
tourillon de , crank pin;
d tourteau, disk crank;
de treuil, winch handle;
iitrois coudes, three-throw crank;
de la vis de pointage, (art.) elevating screw
handle.
marine, f., basket.
mannequin, m., mannikin; vaulting horse; (t. p.)
dummy target; (fenc.) dummy or manniKin
(saber and bayonet exercise);
plongeur, diving dress .
manneton, rh., (mach.) crank pin.
mannite, f., (chem.) mannite, of sugar of manna.
manoeuvre, m., laborer, day laborer, unskilled
workman.
manoeuvre, f^, management, operation, working,
handling; (mil.) maneuver; any drill
or operation or work requiring the cooperation
of several soldiers, drill in general
(esp. in pi.); (more accurately) the
application of the evolutions of the drill
book to the terrain, having in view the
positions and movements of the enemy
Inav.) evolution(s) of a ship, of a fleet;
(cord.) rope, cordage, tackle; (in pi.) rigging;
ft la , at drill;
amarrer une , (cord.) to make fast a rope;
d'automne, (mil.) fall maneuvers, generic
term for all maneuvers on a large scale
(e. g., fortress, bridge, alpine, independent
cavalry, of armies proper, of corps, divisions,
brigades, etc.);
manoeuvre en bande, (cord.) slack rope;
& blanc, (r. f. art.) drill with rapid-fire or
machine guns;
s des bouches&feu, (art.) artillery drill;
s avec cadres, v. s. v. cadre;
du canon, (art.) gun drill;
champ de , v. s. v. champ;
s courantes, (cord.) running rigging;
depasser une , v. s. v. depasser;
donner du mou dans une , (cord.) to slack a
running rope;
dormanles, (cord.) standing rigging;
a double action, (mil.) maneuver or operation
in which a problem is carried out
by
full numbers on both .sides; competitive
maneuver;
d'eau. (fort., mil.) measures taken to inundate
at will the ditches of a work, to
flood a road, etc.;
en ecrevisse, (art.) cross-lifting;
Monger une , (cord.) to stretch out a rope;
empechee, (cord.) foul rope;
avec un ennemi marque, (mil.) maneuver
against an indicated enemy;
avec un ennemi represent^, (mil.) maneuver
against an enemy in full force;
fausse , wrong movement (as in working a
breech mechanism);
s&feu, (art.) firing maneuvers;
sd feu de masses d'artillerie, (Fr.art.) firing
maneuvers by artillery masses;
s deforce, (art.) mechanical maneuvers;
s deforteresse, (mil.) fortress maneuvers;
grandes s, (mil.) fall maneuvers (especially
of armies proper);
avec hypothese, (mil.) a maneuver in which a
theme or problem is worked out;
en ligne(s) exterieure(s) (inter ieure(s)).
(mil.\ maneuver on exterior (interior)
lines;
manquee, poor management, working,
handling;
passer une dans une poulie, (cord.) to reeve
a block;
s de polygone, (mil.) drill-ground maneuvers;
s de pontage, de ponts, (pont.) bridge
drill, pontoon drill;
en queue de rat, (cord.) pointed rope;
reglement de s, (mil.) drill regulations,
drill book;
terrain de *, (mil.) drill ground.
manoeuvrer, v. a. n., to work, maneuver;
(mil.) to maneuver; to drill; to direct the
movements of an army, of a fleet, of a regiment,
etc.;
faire , (mil.) to maneuver, drill;
en ligne(s) exterieure(s) (interieure(s)),
(mi}.) to operate on exterior (interior)
lines;
en troupe, (mil.) to drill in a body (said
of recruits, as distinguished from individual
drill).
manoeuvrier, m., (mil.) skillful tactician; a.,
able to maneuver (i. e., seasoned and instructed);
skilled in maneuvering.
manoeuvriere, f., bonne , (mil.) of an army,
skillful maneuverer.
manometre, m., manometer, gauge; (steam)
steam gauge, pressure gauge; (art.) pressure
gauge;
& air comprime, (steam) compressed-air
gauge;
& air libre, (steam) open air pressure
gauge;
crusher, (art.) crusher gauge;
& diaphragme mctzllique, diaphragm
gaue;
diffcrenticl, differential gauge;
d'ecrasement, (art.) crusher gauge;
enregistreur, recording gauge;
h mercure, (steam) mercurial gauge; vacuum
gauge;
metallique, (steam) metallic steam gauge;
ft piston, (steam) steam indicator, pistonpressure
gauge;
ft ressort, spring pressure gauge;
& siphon, siphon pressure gauge;