A French-English Military Dictionary - Sturmpanzer.com

mour 283 mouvcment
mour, m., (met.) muzzle or nose of a twyer.
mourant, en , tapering very gradually; with
a very gradual taper.
mourir, v. n., to die: to go out, be extinguished; to
stop (as, a bullet or shell);
au champ, aulit, d'honneur, (mil.) to be killed
in battle;
faire to , put to death.
mousquet, m., (sm. a.) musket;
ft pierrc, flintlock;
porter le to be , a soldier; to carry a musket;
de rempart, wall piece.
mousquetade, f., (sm. a.) discharge of musketry
(obs.); musket shot (obs.).
mousquetaire, m., musketeer (obs.).
mousqueterie, f., (sm. a.) musketry; rifle fire;
decharge de -, volley of musketry.
mousqueton, m., (sm. a.) musketoon, carbine;
( Fr. a.) short, light, artillery carbine;
accrocher le , to slin2; the carbine;
banderole porte carbine , sling;
decrocher le , to unsling the carbine;
mettre le & la botte, to return the carbine;
porte carbine , swivel;
d repetition, repeating carbine.
mousse, m.. (nav.) cabin boy; powder monkey;
f., foam; froth; moss; a., dull, blunt.
mousson, m., monsoon, time of the monsoons,
moustache, f., mustache; (in pi., hipp.) hairs or
tufts of hair on the upper lip;
brtiler la & quelqu'un, to fire a pistol in one's
face;
vieille , (mil.) old soldier, veteran.
mouton, m., sheep; monkey of a pile driver; rammer,
ram, beetle; punch; (in pi.) white-caps
(waves ) ; testing weight ; (fond.) driver (to knock
out cores);
& bras, hand pile driver, three-hand maul;
paver's beetle;
fap.de , dead-eye;
de choc, falling weight (used in tests);
& emporte-piece, (hollow) punch;
enfoncer un pieu au refus de , to drive a pile
till it will go no farther;
tpreuve h , proof (of axletrees) by dropping
a weight;
faire le saut de , (man.) to buck;
de haquetti bateau, stud stave;
b, main, monkey or driver worked by hand;
de mouleur, wooden driver;
peau de , sheepskin;
de pont roulant, upright, stanchion of a
bridge, formed by four-wheeled carriage;
refus de , "home";
saut de , (man.) buck;
de sonnette, ram, monkey of a pile driver;
& tige, drive or monkey working on a vertical
guide rod;
& vapeur, steam pile driver.
mou to 11116, p. p., (of clouds) white and fleecy;
- rounded by glacial action; (of the sea) showing
whitecaps; (Mpp.) sheep-nosed.
moutonner, v. n., (of thesea) to show white-caps;
(art.) to jump, thrash (of guns);
un prisonnier, to worm one's self into the
confidence of a prisoner.
moutonneux, a., (of thesea) showing white-caps;
(of clouds) fleece-like.
mouture, f., grinding (into flour).
mouvant, a., moving; unstable; m. pi., quicksand;
force e, moving power;
sable , quicksand; shifting, drifting, sand;
terrain , slippery ground.
mouvement, m., movement, motion; impulse;
action, animation, life; disturbance, commotion;
alterations, changes; activity, commercial
activity, traffic, volume of traffic; variations
in numbers, in prices, etc.; bell crank; (mach.)
moving, working, ^>arts; motion, gear; wheelwork;
(man.) action, freedom of the forehand;
(top.) undulation of the ground; (nav., in pi.)
evolutions of a fleet; (mil.) movement, evolution
maneuver; transfer, issue, of stores; promotion
(not an official term); (r. r.) schedule;
accelere, accelerated motion;
mouvement acquits, acquired, full, motion;
alternatif, reciprocating motion;
angulaire, angular motion;
apparent, apparent motion;
d'arret, stop motion, disengaging motion;
en arr&re, backward, retrograde, motion:
(mil.) retreat;
ascendant, ascensionnel, upstroke;
en avant, forward motion, move, stroke;
(mil.) advance;
de balancement,
de bascule, see-saw mo-
tion, rocking motion;
& bras, (art.) running up by hand;
s carres, (drill) movements at right angles to
one another;
central, central motion;
circulaire, rotary motion;
compose, compound motion (due. to several
forces);
continu, (art.) in mechanical maneuvers,
walking away with a rope or fall; (in gen.) continuous
motion;
contre , countermovement;
en cceur, en courbe de Vaucanson, (mach.)
heart motion;
croissant, accelerated motion;
curviligne, curvilinear motion;
descendant, downstroke;
direct, direct motion;
differ e'titicl, differential motion;
en , in motion;
d' ensemble, (art.) in mechanical maneuvers,
passing a rope along by hand;
enveloppant, (mil.) enveloping movement;
outflanking movement (generally in sight of
the enemy);
excentnque, eccentric motion;
de galop, pitching (of a locomotive);
giratoire, giratory motion;
de haul en bas et de bas en haut, up and down
motion;
d'horlogerie, clockwork;
de I'inaicateur, indicator motion;
de lacet, rocking of a locomotive;
mettre en , to set agoing, to set in motion; to
throw into gear;
se mettre en , to stir, move;
mise en , starting;
moyen, mean motion;
s& la muette, (mil.) silent drill, drill by signals
(neither commands nor calls);
d' oblique, (mil.) any oblique movement;
s obliques, (drill) oblique movements;
oppose, countermovement;
oscillatoire, oscillatory movement ;
parallelogrammique, (mach.) link motion;
parallels, parallel motion;
perpetuel, perpetual motion;
de piston, stroke;
d'un port, number of vessels entering and
clearing;
premier , start;
d'une prison, succession of prisoners (in a
jail);
projectile, projectile motion;
quantite de , quantity of motion;
reactionnaire, countermovement;
rectiligne, rectilinear motion;
reel, re al motion ;
de relfiche, slackening motion;
relatif, relative motion;
renvoi de , (mach.) motion;
renvoi de du tiroir, (mach.) valve motion;
retirde, decreasing motion;
en retour, return motion, return stroke ;
retrograde, (mach.) back stroke, motion; reverse
stroke; (mil.) retreat, movement to the
rear;
de revolution, revolution;
rotztif, de rotation, rotary movement,
rotation;
de roulis, rocking motion;
simple, simple motion (a single force acts);
d, de, sonnette, (mach.) bell-crank lever;
spontane, automatic movement;
strategique, (mil.) strategic movement; maneuver;
tactique, (mil.) tactical movement;
de tangage, pitching motion, of a locomotive;