A French-English Military Dictionary - Sturmpanzer.com

p61e 339 pompe
pOle maqnetique, magnetic pole;
negatif, negative pole;
s de nom contraire, opposite poles;
s de meme nom, poles of the same name, like
poles;
d'unepile, battery pole;
positif, positive pole.
poll, a., polished, bright, shining; m., polish, polishing;
des armes, (sm. a.) burnishing.
police, f., police; public order and safety (of a
State or town); police regulations, police
administration; regulations, rules of conduct
and of order of an assembly, of an association;
policy (of insurance); (mil.) police, public
order, etc. (of a post, a garrison);
agent de , policeman;
d'assurance, insurance policy;
bonnet de , (unif.) forage cap;
de chargement, bill of lading;
commissaire de , police superintendent;
correctionnelle, police court;
detachement de , (mil.) in a march, troops bringing
up rear, so as to pick up stragglers and
make them join;
. faire la ; to maintain order;
flottante, open policy (of insurance);
garde de , (mil.) quarter, barrack, guard;
garde de du camp, (mil.) rear guard in camp;
haute , police power of a State;
jours de salle de , (mil.) (so many) days
in the guardhouse;
judiciaire, court of law;
dans les marches, (mil.) rules of conduct on
the march;
medicale, v. sanitaire;
militaire, (mil. ) military police;
prefet de , prefect of police (police commissioner);
salle de , (mil.) prisoner's room (guard);
sanitaire, sanitary measures or rules;
de surete, measures, etc., to preserve public
order;
tribunal de (simple) , police court.
policer, v. a., to police, establish law and order.
policier, a., police.
poliment, m., polishing, grinding.
poliorcfete, m., capturer of towns.
poliorcfitique, a., (fort.) pertaining to sieges; f.,
poliorcetics.
poiir, v. a., to polish, burnish, to smooth; (sm. a.)
to fine-bore a gun or gun barrel;
une armed, feu, (sm. a.) to burnish;
d la ponce, to pumice.
polls sage, m., polishing; (sm. a.) fine-boring;
polishing (as of a gunstock, etc.);
d I'emeri, emery polishing;
au gras, polishing by emery powder and
oil;
& sec, dry polishing (e. g., by means of an
emery wheel).
polisseur, m., polisher (workman); (sm. a.) fineborer.
polissoir, m., polisher, burnisher, buff stick;
polishing iron or brush; polishing wheel;
(powd.) glazing barrel; (sm. a.) finishing borer;
& brosse, (mach.) brush wheel;
& I'emeri, emery stick.
polissure, f., polishing, burnishing;
d I'emeri, grinding with emery.
politique, a., political; m., politician; f., (public)
policy, polity.
polochon, m., (mil. slang) bolster of a bed.
poltron, m., coward, skulker, poltroon.
poltronnerie, f., cowardice.
polyMre, m., polyhedron.
polygonal, a., polygonal;
fortifixation e, (fort.) polygonal fortification;
trace
, (fort.) polygonal trace.
polygone, m., polygon; (art. and eng.) target
range, target-practice ground, proving ground,
testing ground; (sm. a.) range (generally,
champ, detir); (art.) field artillery drill ground;
d'appui, polygon of support;
polygone articule, v.funiculaire;
du canon, (art.) artillery drill - ground;
d'essai, (art.) proving - ground;
exterieur. (fort.) exterior - polygon;
d, fortifier (fort.) polygon the sidss of which
are to receive the works to be built;
-funiculaire, funicular - polygon;
interieur. (fort.) interior polygon;
(art.) drill-ground maneu-
manoeuvres de - ,
vers;
methodes des -* et traverses, (surv.) system
in which the plane table, etc., is taken from
vertex to vertex of the polygon to be surveyed;
petit-
, (art.) place for gun drill, etc., in winter;
regimental drill ground;
---, piece de (art.) proving-ground piece (e. g.,
a piece that has not stood the test of service,
or a piece specially designed for provinggrouna
work, as distinguished from a service
piece); - de tir, (art.) proving ground, firing ground.
polygoner, v. r., to get out of center, to be out of
true.
polygraphs, m., polygraph; copying pad, hecto-
'
graph.
polygraphie, f., cryptography.
polymetre, m., (inst.) an instrument for taking
horizontal distances and differences of
level.
polynitrocellulose,
(expl.) polynitrocellu-
lose.
polyphasfe, a., (elec.) polyphase;
courant-
, polyphase current;
machine-e, polyphase generator.
polyphote,
lamp.
m., (elec.) constant potential arc
polytechnicien, m., cadet, graduate, of the
Polytechnique at Paris.
cole
pomme, f:, apple; ball, knob; mouse; acorn; (nav.)
truck (of a mast); (mil.) pommel on drummajor's
baton; - d'arrosoir, rose (of a sprinkler);
- de conduite, fair-lead truck; - d'etai, mouse of a stay; - d'etrier, (cord.) diamond knot;
- de girouette, vane truck; - gougee, fair leader; - de mdt, truck; - de mdt de pavilion, flagstaff truck;
- de pavilion, truck of the flagstaff;
- de racage, parrel truck; - de terre, potato; - de tire-veille, (cord,) double diamond knot.
pommeau, m., (sm. a.) pommel (of sword, pistol);
(harn.) pommel (of a saddle); - d'arc,on, (harn.) saddle pommel.
pommele,
clouds; (hipp.)
to gray horses by the French);
gris-
, (hipp.) dapple gray.
pommelle, f., strainer; pipe grating; (min.) jack;
- simple en Te, cross-tailed hinge.
pommelure, f., (hipp.) dapple (limited to gray
by the French).
pommette, f., (sm. a.) pommel, knob, or cap of
a pistol.
pommier, m., apple tree.
pompe, f., pump; syringe; pomp; state; (St. Cyr
slang) - study;
& action directe, direct-acting pump, a pump
whose piston is worked directly by the piston
of the steam engine; - & air, air pump; - d air d, double (simple) effet, double- (single-)
action air pump; - d air horizontal (verticale), horizontal (vertical)
air pump; - alimentaire, feed pump, feed-water pump;
- alimentaire horizontale (verticale), horizontal
dappled; overcast with dapple
.) dapple (more or less restricted
(vertical) feed pump; - d'alimentation, v.- alimentaire;
- d'alimentation d bras, hand feed pump;
- d'alimentation des chaudieres, boiler-feed
pump;