A French-English Military Dictionary - Sturmpanzer.com

pierre 324 pilastre
plerre aimantee, magnetic stone;
angulairc, corner stone (i. e., at a corner);
d'appareil, ashlar;
appareillee , hewn stone;
arcnacee, sandstone;
argileuse, argillaceous stone;
artificielle,
artificial stone; brick;
assise de course of stone;
,
d'attente, toothing; block left to be carved;
& bahut, rounded block of a coping;
en bossage, stone left to be carved;
en boutisse, bonder;
b briquet, flint;
& broyer, grindstone (for colors);
ti brunir, red hematite; burnishing stone;
brute, unhewn stone; rubble, ashlar;
calcairc, any calcareous stone;
carrec, squared stone;
en chantier, stone ready or in position for
cutting;
h chaperon, v. & bahut;
& chaux, limestone (for making lime);
s concassces, broken stone; road metal;
de construction, building stone;
couple, triangular paving stone (to finish a
course laid diagonally);
de , of stone, stony;
de en , stone block;
delardcr une , to dress a stone with the pick;
en dclit, stone laid on breaking grain;
delitee, stone that cleaves easily;
demi-dure, building stone of moderate hardness;
derni&re, stone on which is cut a date, etc.;
dure, hard stone, building stone;
d'echantillon, stone cut or dressed to proper
size;
d'emeri, emery;
of stone, stony;
d'encoignure, quoin;
equarne, v. carree;
d'evier, sink, sink stone;
dfeu, firestone, (sm. a.) gunflint (obs.);
filtrante, & fittre, filter, filtering, stone;
defond, sole;
fondamentale, foundation stone;
defoudre, v. de I'air;
en ,
franche, stone without defects;
de fusil, v. tifeu;
garnir de , to face with stone;
gypseuse, parget;
h, I'huile, oil stone, whetstone;
infernale, lunar caustic;
jet de , stone's throw;
en lit, stone laid on cleaving grain;
lithographique, lithographic stone;
de meule, meuliere, de meuU&re,
millstone;
milliaire, milestone;
de mine, iron ore;
nette, stone squared and dressed;
noire, ampelite;
h papier, (stone) paper weight;
de parement, de parure, facing stone;
parpaigne, bonder, heart bond; perpend,
perpend stone;
& paver, paving stone;
s perdues, loose stones, thrown into deep
water for a foundation, "riprap;"
piquer une to , pick a stone;
plate, stone slab;
a platre, gypsum;
plcine, sound stone, free from all defects;
ponce, pumice;
poreuse, gravel stone;
pourrie, rotten stone;
. premitre corner stone;
quarree, broad stone;
a recur er le vont, (nav.) holystone;
refractaire, firestone;
& remouleur, grindstone;
d repasser, hone;
retournee, stone squared and parallel on opposite
sides;
rustiquee, rusticated stone;
pierre schisteuse, schistous stone;
scintillante, silicate;
de scorie, slag stone;
s seches, dry stone;
de sujetton, any stone that can occupy but
one place in a construction, whose position is
marked;
d taillandler, grindstone;
de taille, ashlar; cut stone;
taille de la , stonecutting;
taittee, hewn stone;
tattler une to , dress, cut, a stone;
tailleur de , stonecutter;
tendre, soft stone;
traversee, cross-hatched stone;
velue, verte, quarry-faced stone.
pierreau, m., (mil. slang) recruit; soldier who has
been one year in the corps or regiment.
pierrfe, f., stone drain, rubble drain; sort of riprap
composed of boxes filled with small stones.
pierrelle, f., stone packing of a drain.
pierreux, a., stony.
pierrier, m., (art.) (stone) mortar (obs.);
fougasse , stone fougasse.
pierrifcre, f . , stone pit.
pierrot, m., (mil. slang) soldier who shirks and
incurs punishment; recruit.
pietage, m., (nav.) draft mark.
pietiner, v. a., to trample under foot.
pieton, m., pedestrian; (mil.) foot soldier, infantryman
(obs.).
pieu, m., pile, spile; stake, palisade, post;
arracher un , to draw a pile;
battre un , to drive, sink, a pile;
en blton, a foundation pile formed by filling
a pile hole with concrete;
en/oncer un v. battre un , ;
faux
d'essai, proof pile;
, punch;
ferre, ferruled pile;
ficher un v. battre un , ;
de fondement, foundation pile;
de garde, (fort.) guard pile;
lardoire de shoe of a , pile;
rang de x, row of piles;
receper un , to square
or saw off the head of a
pile;
en sable, a foundation pile formed by filling a
pile hole with sand;
& vis, screw pile or stake.
pifizometre, in., piezometer.
pif, m., (hipp.) horse whose testicles have not
descended (fam.).
pigeon, m., pigeon; (mas.) trowelful;
clou & s, large hooked nail, tenter hook;
jeune d'ete, pigeon hatched between February
and July;
messager, carrier pigeon;
militaire, carrier pigeon (military service);
voyageur, carrier pigeon.
pigeonnler, m., militaire, dovecote.
pigeonnage, m., (mas.) act of laying on mortar
by hand.
pigeonner, v. a., (mas.) to lay on mortar by hand
(without packing).
pignon, m., gable, gable end (of a house); (mach.)
pinion; cogwheel; (art.) lid prop;
d' angle, (mach.) bevel pinion or wheel;
conique, (mach.) bevel pinion;
cylindrique, (mach.) spiir pinion;
& double denture, (mach.) double-toothed
pinion;
d double manivelle, pinion worked by a
double-handled winch;
droit, spur pinion;
ecrou, pinion working an inside screw;
galle, (mach.) sprocket;
b manchon d'assemblage, (mach.) clutch
pinion;
de reglage, regulating adjusting pinion;
de renvoi, transmitting pinion;
de serrage, tightening pinion;
- de torsion, twist wheel.
pilagc, m., pounding.
pilastre, m., pilaster; stanchion and thick planking;
cornier, corner pilaster;