A French-English Military Dictionary - Sturmpanzer.com

pourtour 352 pouti
pourtour, m., circumference, circuit, ^ength
(around, etc.), compass;
-de la chambre, (art.) interior surface of the
chamber of a gun.
pourvof, m., (law) appeal;
en cassation, appeal to the supreme court;
en grace, appeal for a pardon.
pourvoir, v. a. n., to provide, supply, furnish,
stock; to see to, attend to; to appoint (to an
office);
se to , appeal; (law.) to appeal a case;
se en cassation, (law ) to appeal to the supreme
se 'en grace, (law) to appeal for pardon'.
pourvoyeur, m., purveyor; (mil.) in general, soldier
who brings up ammunition, as from the
wagons to theline; (art.) cannoneer who serves
ammunition to the piece (limber to gun, magazine
to gun, etc.);
servant, (art.) cannoneer who serves
munition.am-
pousse, f., shoot, growth; dust (commercial term);
(hipp.) heaves, broken wind.
poussfi, p. p. pushed; (of ironwork) filed, i. e.,
unpolished;
.
bon ; ( O f hardware) state of being half polished
(between polish and total lack of polish);
che val de nourriture, overfed horse, pampered
horse.
pousse-cailloux, m., (mil. slang) foot soldier.
poussSe, f., push; pressure, thrust (as of an arch'
of an embankment); jerk (as of a machine);
(men.) spurt, dash;
deVeau, pressure of water; buoyancy of water;
faire le trait des s des vouies, (cons.) to compute
and mark out the thickness necessary to resist
the thrust of an arch;
de V~helice } thrust of the screw;
indiquee, indicated thrust;
de la lame, heave of the sea;
normale, normal thrust;
des terres, thrust of earthwork;
de vapeur, (steam) (int rmittent) thrust or
delivery of pressure from a steam cylinder in a
steam vacuum pump;
verticale de I'eau, buoyancy;
au vide, (cons.) an unsupported thrust.
pousse-goupille, m., (sm. a.) driver, pin drift.
pousser, v. a. n., to push, to push forward, to
thrust, to impel; to extend, carry on; to press,
press forward; to drive, drive back, along, in,
on; to shove, shove off (a boat); to jut, bulge
out; (fenc.) to thrust; (hipp.) to heave, to be
broken-winded; (mil.) to drive the enemy;
(siege) to drive, push (a sap, a trench); (cons.)
to thrust, to have or develop a thrust;
une attaque, (mil.) to press an attack;
en avant, to push ahead or on;
une bolted quelqu'un, (fenc.) to make a thrust
at anyone;
fi bout, to press home, carry to a successful
issue;
une charge, (mil.) to press a charge;
un cheval, (man.) to push a horse, try his
mettle;
un clou, to drive a nail; .
un coup d'epee, (fenc.) to make a pass or
thrust;
une decouverte, (mil.) to explore with a view
to fixing enemy's position;
en dehors, to bulge out, swell out (as a wall);
Vennemi, (mil.) to drive the enemy;
ferme, to push, thrust hard; to strike, hit
hard; to carry on fast;
lefeu, to urge a fire; to fire up;
lesfcux aufond de la grille, to bank the fires;
defond, to pole a boat;
une garde, etc., (mil.) to push forward an
advanced party or guard, etc.;
au large, to push, shove off (a boat, a pontoon);
Us marches, (carp.) to put the moldings on
the front of the stairs;
pousser des moulures, (cons.) to form, make me
ings;
de nourriture, (hipp.) to overfeed;
outre, to carry too far;
la planche, (nav.) to put out a gang plank;
une reconnaissance, (mil.) to make a reconnaissance
suddenly and boldly;
- la sape4 (siege) to advance the sap;
une tranchee, (siege) to drive a trench;
trap fort, trop loin, to overdrive;
au vide, (cons.) to have an unsupj
thrust.
poussier, m., dust (of coal, gunpowder, etc.)
(mas.) stone chips;
de charbon, coal dust;
defoin, bits of hay (on the floor of a hayloft)
de minerai, slime;
sec, (powd.) gunpowder dust, after
rolling, and glazing;
vert, (powd.) dust produced in granulat
poussifere, f., dust, powder;
battre la , (man.) to paw the ground;
de charbon, coal dust;
faire de la , to be dusty;
- deforet, stone dust;
mordre la , to bite the dust;
- de la pouare, gunpowder dust;
tomber en , to crumble, crumble to dust.
poussif, a., (hipp.) broken-winded; pursy.
poussolr, m., driver, punch; (sm. a.) spring button;
push button, push piece, pusher '(on a
bayonet); ejector-rod head (of a revolver);
6, ressort, spring push button.
poussolane, f., pozzuolana.
poutrage, m., (cons.) framing, timber work.
poutraison, f., (cons.) framing of joists, timber
work.
poutre, f., (cons.) girder, beam; (pant.) balk;
armee, trussed beam or girder;
armee par fourrures, fished beam;
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d'assemblage, built-up beam;
ccllulaire, cellular girder;
cintree, courbee, bent, curved, beam;
cloisonnee, chambered beam;
de culee, (pont.) shore balk, trestle balk;
a deux contre-fiches, double-trussed, beam;
en double, en double T, I-girder;
foudroyante, (fort.) rampart beam;
agriffes. (pont.) claw balk;
de guindage, (pont.) side rail;
horizontal, (gym.) horizontal beam;
& latice, lattice girder;
de la machine, (mach.) engine beam;
maltresse main , girder;
ordinaire, common balk; (pont.) balk;
plancher, (pont.) trussed beam, in form a
solid of equal resistance, with floor fixed in
position to cover small streams;
pleine, tubular girder;
a plusieurs contre-fiches, multiple-trussed
porte s, (pont.) balk carrier;
quarderonnee, beam with a rounded corner;
rail, rail beam (i. e., beam and rail in one
the track of a pont-rail, q. v.);
ramee, trussed beam;
de rampe, (pont.) balk used in the construction
of trestle bridges, to slide the trestle into
place;
sous , sleeper;
& une seule co:itre-fiche, simple-trussed beam;
en T, T -girder;
en idle, plate beam;
tournante, swing bar of a gate;
traversiere, straining beam, straining piece;
btreillis, en treulis, lattice girder;
ft trois contre-fiches, triple-trussed beam;
tubulaire, tubular girder;
en venire de poisson, fish-bellied truss.
poutrelle, f., joist, skid, small beam; (pont.) balk;
articulee, (pont.) jointed balk;