A French-English Military Dictionary - Sturmpanzer.com

poste 348 poteau
poste d'amarrage, (nav.) mooring berth;
d'arret, (fort.) small field work recommended
for mountain passes;
avancc, (mil.) advanced post; post nearest
enemy; in a defensive position, points in front
of main position (wood, farm, village, etc.)
that may be ad /antageously held by infantry
80O to 1,000= in front;
avant , (mil.) outpost;
avant a la Cosaque, (mil.) Cossack post;
avant irregulier, (mil.) Cossack post;
avant regulier, (mil.) ordinary outpost;
des blesses, (nav.) cockpit ;
de campagne, (mil.) neld post, such as a
church, mill, etc.;
central, (mil., fig.) central station;
changer de s, (art.) to ciiange posts;
chefde , (mil.) c. o. of a guard, of a post, etc.;
de combat, (nav.) quarters, station in action;
de correspondince, (mil.) transmitting station,
relay, dispatch post ,communicating post;
transmission or dispatching post (in exploration
sen ice from front to rear) ;
a la Cosaque, (mil.) Cossac.v outpost;
detache, (mil.) detached post; (more esp.)
an advanced post more than rifle range in
front of the main position;
de discipline, (mil.) prisoners' guard; (in
cantonments) place where men found guilty
of breaches of discipline are confined ;
embroche, (else.) telephone station in main
line (i. e., not shunted);
enlever un , (mil.) to carry off a post;
d'examen, (mil.) examining posts (deserters,
etc.);
ecterieur, (mil.) exterior post of a guard;
faire entrer (sortir) les servants d leurs s, (art.)
to taice (leave) posts;
h fixe, (mil.) permanently posted or stationed;
guerre de 5, (mil.) outpost operations;
d'honneur, (mil.) dangerous post or position;
post designated to pay honors; post or
guard of honor;
interieur, (mil.) interior post of a guard;
intermediate, (mil.) intermediate post, detached
corps placed between others for support;
des invulnerables, (mil.) place out of the
reach of harm (v. montpagnote);
isole (mil.) detached post;
jzloux, (mil.) post of danger;
de lancement (de torpilles), (torp.) torpedolaunching
point or post ;
ligne de s, (mil.) picivetline;
des malades, (nav.) sick bay;
d' observation, (mil.) advanced post, recommended
for observing mountain passes (in
mountain warfare) during mobilization; (torp.)
range station; observation station;
petit , (mil.) pic cet post; small outpost; small
outpost established by day by the cavalry;
petit , special, (mil. teleg.) communicating
station, or central station of lines connecting
parts of a large fort, or a central fort with detached
works;
de police, (mil.) post of the police guard;
de pompiers, fire-engine house;
prendre son to take , one's station;
de quatre hommes, (mil.) special post of four
men, Cossack post;
--relai, (sig.) transmitting station; (teleg.)
relay;
relever un , (mil.) to relieve a post;
se rendre d, son , (mil.) to go.to one's station
or duty;
rentrera son , (art.) to resume one's
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post;
retranche, (fort. ) intrenched post;
de sauvetage, life-saving station;
secondaire, (mil. sig.) communicating station;
de aecours, life-saving station; (mil. med.)
dressing station;
semaphorique, (sig.) semaphone station;
poste de signaleurs, (mil.) signal station; outlying
station (i. e., one nearest enemy, observing
station);
i de soutien, (mil.) succoring post, for poste
d'arret, recommended for mountain passes during
mobilization;
des soutiens, (mil.) reserve picket;
special,
points;
(mil.) post at specially important
i
de surveillance, (fort.) lookout (as for ditches);
de.'ensive lookout, near and for a fort d'arret;
telegraphique, telegraph station;
telephonique, telephone station;
de veille, (torp.) lookout station, observation
station;
vigie, (mil. and gen.) lookout station;
voiture- , (mil. teleg.) telegraph wagon (for
the rapid installation of a telegraph station);
volant, (mil. teleg.) flying or mobile telegraph
station.
poster, v. a. r., (mil., etc.) to post, station, place;
to take post, station, stand.
poste'rieur, a., (hipp.) hind; m., (hipp..) hind leg.
postiche, a., substituted, false, sham, artificial;
(mil.) temporarily attached to; doing duty
provisionally;
canon , Quaker gun, dummy gun;
caporal, lance corporal.
postilion, m., postilion; runner of a tent cord.
pot, m, ,pot; bucket; jug; headpiece (obs.); (artif.)
pot; rocket head; (cord.) pot;
& s, overshot;
d' aigrette, (artif.) brilliant firework so called;
& brat, pitch kettle;
d colle, glue pot;
d eau, (artif.) water cartridge;
a feu, (artif.) sort of lantern (pot filled with
resin, etc.), for illuminating purposes; stink-
pot; kind of case or stand from which several
rockets may be discharged simultaneously;
de fusee, (artif.) rocket cylinder; rocket head;
de garniture, v. de fusee;
au noir, doldrums;
de pompe, lower pump box;
papier au v .
, papier ecolier;
de presse, (art., fort.) pivot socket or cylinder
of a turret; pressure cylinder;
roued s, overshot wheel;
d suffoquer, (artif.) stinkpot;
en terre, (cons.) pot-shaped hollow brick (as
for filling floors);
en tete, leading sapper's helmet (obs.).
potusse, f., (eh em.) potash;
- co, antique, caustic potash;
nitratee, saltpeter.
poteau, m., post, pillar; telegraph pole; stake;
( mil. slang) post; (in pi.) framing (as of a winch);
-d'amarrage, bollard, mooring post;
d'arret, (teleg.) terminal pole; (elec.) double
terminal insulator;
de bifurcation, (teleg.) pole at the fork of a
telegraph line;
decloison, (cons.) quarter, stud;
d contrc-fiche, ( cons.) braced pole;
cornier, (teleg.) corner pole; (cons.) corner
post;
x couples, (teleg.) A-(shaped) pole;
de croisee, (cons.) jamb, side post of a door
or window;
de distance, (in races) distance post; (r. r.)
section mark ;
double, ( teleg. ) double pole;
d'ecurie, stable post;
d' execution, place of execution;
de fond, (cons.) stud or post extending the
whole depth of a wall;
gagnant, (in races) winning post;
de galerie, (min.) stay, strut;
guide, hand post, signpost;
d'huisserie, (cons.) window post or stud;
indicateur, signpost