A French-English Military Dictionary - Sturmpanzer.com

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nceud de galere double, harness knot or hitch;
&. at avec le, garrot, (pont.) rack lashing;
glissant, running hitch;
de grappin, fisherman's bend;
de greffe, cut splice;
de griffe, bill hitch;
de gueule de loup, cat's-paw;
de gueule de rate, cat's-paw;
du hart, (siege) withy knot of a fascine;
de hauban, shroud knot;
de hauban double, double shroud knot;
de hauban simple, single shroud knot;
hongrois, (harn.) cinch knot or lashing; (unif.)
Austrian knot;
dejambe de chien, sheep shank, dog shank;
dejointure, bend;
1ache, loose knot;
Idcher un , to loosen a knot;
de loch, (nav.) log-line knot;
de ma petite sceur, granny knot;
marin, Carrick bend;
d'organeau, clove hitch with free end seized
to standing part; anchor-ring knot;
d'orin, buoy-rope knot;
de palan tackle hitch , (to fasten the hook of a
tackle to a cable) ;
de passe, generic term for any knot requiring
the strands to be unlaid; splice;
de patte de chat, black wall hitch;
en pattes d'oie, Magnus hitch and two half
hitches (mooring knot);
de pecheur, fisherman's bend;
plat, reef knot, square knot; Carrick bend;
hplein poing, loop knot; hawser bend;
de pontet, (sm. c.) foot, knob, of trigger guard;
de poupee, mooring knot; Magnus hitch;
de prolong e, (art.) prolonged knot;
de rene, (harn.) sliding loop;
de ride, Matthew Walker's knot;
de ride double, double Matthew Walker's
knot;
de ride simple, single Matthew Walker's knot;
de routes, (top.) point of junction of several
roads;
de saignee, (hipp.) artificer's knot, so called
because used in closing a vein after bleeding;
serre, hard knot;
simple, single, simple, overhand knot;
s simples, ordinary, simple, knots;
simple boucle, drawknot;
simple ganse,draw thumb-knot, slipknot,
drag-rope knot;
simple de tire-veille, single diamond knot;
de soldat, granny knot;
de tire-veille, diamond knot;
de tisserand, weaver's knot, sheet bend, single
bend;
tors, granny knot;
de tresillon, marlin-spike hitch;
de vache, granny knot; Carrick bend;
vicieux, dead knot in wood;
de voleur, thief knot.
noir, a., black; (of the weather) threatening, dark;
(cord.) tarred; m., black, mourning; negro,
black; (t. p.) bull's-eye;
d'Allemagne, German black, Frankfort black;
animal, animal black, bone black;
ble , buckwheat;
de charbon, coal black;
de Chine, China (India) ink;
d'Espagne, cork black, Spanish black;
fonte e, (met.) cast iron;
franc, (hipp.) uniform black coat (without
reflection);
defumce, lampblack;
defumee calcine, burnt lampblack;
dehouille, coal black ;
d'impression, Frankfort black;
d'ivoire, ivory black;
jais, jayet, (hipp.) jet black, with brilliant
reflection, glossy black;
de lampe, lampblack;
noir mal feint, (hipp.) dull black, rusty black;
mineral, mineral black;
d'os, bone black;
pain . black bread;
de pZche, peach black;
pie , (hipp.) black and white;
de platine, platinum black;
point , small black cloud announcing a storm;
vegetal, vegetable coal.
noircir, v. a. r., to make black; to blacken, darken;
to smoke; (of the weather) to grow dark, threatening;
to lower, become cloudy; (fond.) to black
wash.
nolrcissement, m., blackening; (fond.) black
washing.
noircissure, f., black spot.
noisette, f., little nut;
casser la , (hipp.) to agitate the lower lip rapidly.
noix, f., nut; plug (of a cock); drum, head (of a capstan);
(cons.) semicircular groove (as of a window
stile); tongue fitting into such a groove;
(sm. a.) cocking notch; lower part of cocking
piece; cocking-piece nose; cocking piece, cocking
nut; tumbler; (r.f. art.) tumbler; (mach.) chain
pulley;
de cabestan, head of a capstan;
excentrique en forme de cceur, (mach.) heart
wheel;
de galle, gall nut;
de platine, (sm. a.) tumbler of a gunlock;
de robinet, plug of a cock;
treuild chain , winch;
vis de , (sm. a.) tumbler pin.
nolet, m., v. none.
noils, m., freight (by sea); price of transportation (a
Mediterranean term).
nolisateur, m., charterer.
noliser, v. a., to charter a ship.
nolissement, m., chartering of a vessel.
nom, m., name, fame, celebrity;
de guerre, nickname.
nombre, m., number;
abstrait, abstract number;
cardinal, cardinal number;
concret, concrete number;
entier, whole number;
impair, odd number;
ordinal, d'ordrc, ordinal number;
pair, even number;
premier, prime number;
rond, round number.
nombrer, v. a., to number; to count, enumerate.
nombreux, a., numerous.
nomenclature, f.. nomenclature, list;
prix de , published, list, price.
nominal, a., nominal (of effect, horsepower, etc.).
nominatif, a., nominative;
etat , list (of names);
liste ve, list of names.
nomination, f., (mil, etc.) appointment; nomination;
right of nomination;
d, la de in the , appointment, gift, of ....
nommer, v. a., to name; to appoint, to promote.
non-activite', f., (mil.) state of being detached from
active duty, of being on waiting orders (said of
officers whose corps are disbanded, who return
from captivity, whose functions are canceled,
etc.); (as a punishment) suspension;
mettre en , k> put on waiting orders; to relieve
from active duty; (as a punishment) to suspend;
par retrait d'emploi, ( Fr. a. ) suspension not to
exceed three years, at the expiration of which
period a conseil d'enque'te declares whether the
officer shall be discharged or not;
par suspension d'emploi, (Fr. a.) suspension,
no substitute being appointed for a year, before
the expiration of which the officer may be restored
to duty.
non-combattant, m., (mil.) noncombatant.
non-eonducteur, m., a., (elec.) nonconductor.
non-dlsponlble, a., m., v. s. v. disponibk.