A French-English Military Dictionary - Sturmpanzer.com

mettre 273 meule
mettre a bord, to ship; to put, carry, etc., on
board;
Us canons d la serre, (nav.) to house the
guns;
Us canons aux sabords, (nav.) to run out the
guns;
le cap sur ____ , (nav.) to head for ---- ;
de chjimp, to set up on edge (as, a plank,
bricks, etc.);
- en chantier, (carp.) to mark out; (nav.) to
put upon the stocks; (in gen.) to begin
anything;
sur les clwntiers, (nav.) to put upon the
stocks;
- un cheval dedans, dans la main, dans les
talons, (man.) to make a horse obey the hand,
the spurs; - un cheval au galop (pas, trot,) (man.) to put a
horse to the gallop (walk, trot);
- les chevaux a la voiture, to hitch up;
dans le circuit, (elec.) to cut in, put in circuit;
d contribution, to lay under contribution;
- en communication, to connect;
au cran-de depart, (sm. a.) to cock;
- la croupe au mur, (man.) to cause a horse to
passage, croup to wall of riding hall;
dedans, (carp.) to assemble the piece* (as,
of a frame); - au dehors, (nav.) to get out (a boat);
- en demeure, (law) to order, summon;
- les deux bouts en dedans, (man.) to train,
supple, the head and the croup of a horse;
- en disponibilite, (Fr. a.) to put on the unemployed
list;
a I' I'eau, to launch (a ship); - & I'effet, (top. drawing) to indicate surface
forms on a map, topographical sketch;
- en, par, ecrit, to put in writing;
- un embargo, to lay an embargo;
- d to ink
IJencre, (a drawing); - d'equerre, to square;
unfer d un cheval, to shoe a horse;
- dfeu, to start up a furnace; - dfeu et & sang, to burn and kill;
en feu, to burn; (met.) to put a furnace in
blast;
le feu, to set on fire; to touch off (a mine,
mettre un navire & la cote, to run a ship ashore;
au net, to make a fair copy (drawing, notes,
eto.);
fi. I'ordre, (mil.) to publish in orders;
au pain et ft I'eau, to put on bread and
. pidllon
water;
bos, (nav.) to haul down one's flag.
to surrender;
son pavilion sur . . . .
, (nav.) to hoist one's
flag on . . . . ;
une piece hors d'eau, (art.) to depress the
muzzle so as to keep out water;
pied d terre, to dismount;
en place, to organize, prepare;
sur plage, to beach a boat;
dans le plein, to hit the bull's-eye;
au point, (inst.) to focus, adjust; in surveying,
to set up an instrument accurately
over its station;
d la presse, (mach.) to set or seat by
pressure;
en pression, (steam) to get up steam;
sur son raide, sur son fort, (carp.) to put the
convex side of a piece uppermost;
d la reforme, (Fr. a.) to condemn (material);
to cast a horse; to discharge from the
service (for misconduct or physical unfitness);
au renard, to hold up, keep up, the monkey
of a pile driver;
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a la retraite, (mil.) to retire;
sur roulettes, (art.) to throw a top carriage
in gear (on rollers) for return to battery;
a sac, to sack (a city);
se sous les armes, (mil.) to get under
arms;
& sec, to pump out;
le siege devant, to lay siege to;
en station, to set up an instrument;
d la suite, (mil.) to attach an officer as supernumerary;
en talus, (fort. ) to slope;
; a ierrc, to land, disemba
disembark, put ashore;
en train, (mach.) to throw into gear;
au vert, to put a horse out to grass.
meuble, m., article of furniture.
ineubie, a., movable; (of earth, soil) mellow,
easily moved or worked;
biens s, personal property;
terre , light soil.
etc.); -- Icfeu d, to set on fire (as, a house);
- les feux au fond des fourneaux, to bank the
fires; - au fil de I'epee, to put to the sword;
meubler, v. a., to furnish.
- dflot, to float (a stranded ship, etc.);
- ineulage, m., grinding;
le frein, to put on the brake (brakes);
d i'eau, wet - grinding.
garnison dans, to garrison