A French-English Military Dictionary - Sturmpanzer.com

misc 276 mi-vitcsse
mlse hors de batterie, (art.) act or operation of going
from battery;
tibord, (nav.) installation on bbard ship;
e n breche, (siege) breaching;
en cause, (law) summons;
en chant ter, setting to work (as, of a working
party);
en couleur, (sm. a.) browning of a rifle barrel;
en demcure, (law) summons, order, to perform
an obligation;
en disponibilitc, (mil.) placing on the unattached
list;
dl'eau, (nav.) launching of a ship;
til'effet, (top. drawing) representation of surface
forms;
fi I'encre, inking of a drawing; reproduction
in ink of a map or reconnoissance;
en etat de defense, (mil.) preparation (of a
wood, house, etc.) for defense;
en etit de siege, (mil.) declaration of a state
of siege;
ctre de , to be presentable;
a feu, (met.) beginning of the work;
defeu, (art.) discharge of a piece, act of firing
a piece; (min..) firing;
defeu electrique, (art., min.) electric discharge
(of a gun, of a mine);
de feu multiple, (mil.' min.) simultaneous
discharge of a group of mines;
de feu b repetition, (art.) system in which,
in case of miss fire, the same primer may be
tried several times in succession without
opening the .
breechj
defeu simple, (mil. min.) discharge of a single
mine;
en feu, (met.) act or operation of putting in
blast;
/tors defeu, (met.) putting out of blast;
defonds, outlay;
- en haie, piling of bricks for drying;
hors, money advanced;
enjeu, starting, putting into play;
enjoue, (sm. a.) whole operation of aiming;
aujour, bringing to light;
enjugement, trial, putting on trial;
au lavis, washing, tinting, of a drawing;
en liberte, discharge;
enlumiere, (sig.) flash;
en marche, starting (of machinery, troops,
au mille, (met.) ratio of the gross weight of
an ingot to the weight of the finished piece, or
the number of kilograms in an ingot or charge
needed to make 1,000 kilograms of useful metal
monnaie de , v. s. v. monnaie;
en mouvement, v. 'enjeu:
au net, act of making a fair copy;
en non-activite, (Fr. a.) placing on the unemployed
list;
en (jeuvre, setting to work, putting in operation;
au pain et h I'eau, putting on bread and water;
en place, seating (as, (art.) a rotating band);
en plaque, (phot.) adjustment of camera
without a lens;
au point, (insL) adjustment of an instrument;
focusing of a telescope, lens, etc.; in
surveying, the accurate setting up of an instrument
over its station, the final operations of;
enstation, q. v.;
en possession, (law) giving possession;
premiere , (mil.) original outfit (e. g., on
joining for the first time); allowance for outfit
on entry into service;
en pression, (steam) getting up steam;
a priz, pricing;
a, ranc.on, putting up for ransom;
en rcforme, (Fr. a.) condemnation (of material);
casting (of a horse); discharge (for misconduct
or physical unfitness);
r a la retraite, (mil.) putting on the retired
sur roulettes, (art.) operation of throwing a
top carriage in gear (said of '
guns having rollers
for return to battery);
mise en route, setting out on the march, dispatch
of recruits, soldiers, etc., to their destination;
en sc&ne, getting up, get up;
en service, (mil.) adoption into service;
hors de service, (mil.) destruction (as, of
condemned articles);
en station, (surv.) operation of setting up an
instrument;
en subsistance, (mil.) assignment of a man
to a company or regiment (not his own) for
pay and subsistence;
a la suite, (mil.) the attachment of an officer
as supernumerary;
en train, making ready, starting; (mach.)
starting of a machine, engine, starting gear;
en vente, putting up for sale;
au vert, putting (horses) out to grass.
misour, m., (in French. Mediterranean ports) the
south wind.
mission, f., (Fr. a.) mission, special duty given
by the minister of war to an officer, and temporarily
detaching him from his regiment or
corps: (frequently) foreign duty.
mistral, m., northwest wind (in the Mediterranean).
mitaine, f., mitten.
mitigation, f., mitigation.
mitiger, v. a., to mitigate, temper, qualify;
pour, , in mitigation.
mitoyen, a., middle, intermediate; party;
cloison ne, partition;
dent ne, (hipp.) middle tooth;
mur , party wall.
mitoyenne, f., (hipp.) middle tooth.
mitoyennetS, party right.
mitraillade, f., (art.) fire of, firing of, case shot;
langrage (obs.).
mitraille, f., scrap iron; soldering alloy composed
of iron, copper, and silver; (art.) case shot
(grape, canister); langrage (obs.); any fragmentation
material used for scattering eliect;
balled, , (art.) case-shot bullet;
boite & , (art.) case shot;
charge fi, de, , (art.) round of case, canister,
grape (obs.);
charger & , (art.) to load with canister, etc.;
fer de , (met.) scrap iron;
grosse , (art.) grape (obs.);
obus d , (art.) shrapnel;
pendante, (met.) old brass, copper, etc.;
petite , (art.) canister (obs.);
rouge, (met.) copper dross;
tirer & , (art.) to tire case shot.
mitrailler, v. a., (art.) to fire mitraille; (in a general
sense) to sweep or cover a line or position with
shrapnel, rapid fire, etc.;
& brule-pourpojnt, to overwhelm at close
quarters with shrapnel or any other fragmentation
fire.
mitrailleur, m., any person using mitraille fire;
(art.) v. mitrailleuse.
mitrailleuse, f., (r.f. art.) machine gun; (Fr. art.)
a synonym of canon h balles; (sm. a.) sort of
magazine pocket pistol;
automatique (any) automatic machine gun
(e.g., Colt);
& canons fixes, (type of) machine gun with
fixed barrels (e. g., Gardner);
Gatling, etc., Gatling, etc., gun;
& n canons, -^-barreled machine gun;
& rotation, (type of) machine gun with revolving
barrels (e. g., Gatling).
mitre, f., miter; large paving stone; (mach.) cone,
mushroom, or spindle valve; (cons.) chimney
pot or top, cowl; (r. r.) rectangular steam dome
of a locomotive:
arc en , (cons.) triangular arch;
boltede , miter box;
de cheminee. (cons.) chimney shaft; chimney
top;
tquerre de , miter square;
fenetre en , gable window;
ligne de , miter line; ridge;
sauterelle de , miter rule.
mi-vitesse, f., half speed.