A French-English Military Dictionary - Sturmpanzer.com

prendre 354 presidence
prendre Us aides des jambes, (man.) to become
legwise;
ans, (hipp.) to be rising years;
les armes, (mU.) to get under arms; to take
up arms; to turn out (of a guard);
I'armedla main, (mil.) to trait arms;
d'assaut, (mil.) to take by storm;
de I'avantage pour monter d cheval, v. s. v.
a vantage;
chair, (hipp.) to take on flesh after a long
sickness;
en charge, (adm.) to take up (property, etc.);
ciasse, (nav.) to run away from a pursuing
enemy;
la clef des champs, to run away;
les coins, (man.) to take corners in riding
hall;
un cordage & retour, (cord.) to take a turn
with a rope;
an corps, to arrest, make prisoner;
le
corps morl, to make fast to moorings;
l.i cuirassc, (mil.) to turn soldier;
ses degres, to take one's degree;
le deuil, to go into mourning;
les dents, (hipp.) to begin the second dentition;
les distances, (mil, etc.) to open out;
a dos, (art.) to take in reverse;
a droite, (gauche), to go to the right (left);
sa droite, to place one's self on the right of
any one;
d'echarpe, (art.) to take obliquely;
d'enfilade, (art., etc.) to enulade;
son equipage, (nav.) to ship the crew;
faire lefeu, to make the lire burn;
faire le morlier, (mas.) to set the mortar;
(le)fait et cause pour, (law, gen.) to side with;
feu, (sm. a., etc.) to go off (as fuses, caps,
etc.);
enflanc, (mil.) to take in flank;
fond, (of an anchor) to bite, to take hold;
fuite, to scamper off, run away;
le galop, (man.) to break into a gallop;
la garde, to go on guard;
ses grades, v. ses degres,'
la haute mer, (nav.) to get out to sea;
hauteur, to take an altitude;
les intervalles, (mil.) to extend intervals;
ses jambes d son cou, v. fuite;
jusqu'd de diametre, (mach.) to swing (so
many inches, etc.) in diameter;
la lame debout, to head the sea;
-
langue, to obtain intelligence by secret
le large, v. Julie;
du lest, to take in ballast (ships and balloons);
la ligne de mire, (art., sm. a.) to aim;
la mire, (art., sm. a.) to take aim;
le mors aux dents, (man.) to take the bit
between the teeth; to run away;
mouillage, (nav.) to take up an anchoring
ground;
des nivellemenls, (surv.) to level, to take a
line of levels;
des observations, to take observations;
la parole, to take the floor;
parti, (mil.) to enlist;
le parti de Vepee, (mil.) to turn soldier;
le pas sur, to take precedence of;
Pieds, to get the feet entangled (e. g.,
horse, in the
traces, etc.);
une position, (mil.) to take up a position; to
capture a position;
les ranures, dans les rayures, (art., sm.
a.) to take the grooves;
li remorque, to be towed, to take the tow;
d la remorque, to take in tow;
d revers, (art., sm. a.) to take in reverse;
en rouage, (art.) to take a line or mass of
materiel in tlank; to sweep by enfilade fire;
la semaine, (mil.) to go on duty for the weeksur
le temps, (fenc.) to thrust while the
adversary is busy with a movement of his owntour,
(cord.) to take a turn;
le train, (r. r.) to take the train;
prendre des troupes, (nav.) to take troops on
board;
le vent, (nav.) to get the weather gauge of.
preneur,- m., captor; lessee;
d bail, lessee;
vaisseau , (nav.) ship that has taken a prize.
preparateur, m., coach (for examinations).
preparatifs, m., preparations;
de guerre, preparations for war.
preparation, f., preparation;
de I'altaque par 1'artitterie, (mil.) artillery
preparation for the infantry attack;
des bois, steeping, impregnation, injection
of wood;
mecanique des minerals, (met.) dressing of
ores;
du temps de guerre, (fort.) in France, assumption
of command by designated c. o., and
adoption of all measures to put a fortress on a
war footing as soon as mobilization is ordered;
du temps de pair, (fort.) in France, preparation
in time of peace of plans of defense by the
governor of a fortress, aided by the commission
de defense, q. v.
prfparatoire, a. m., preparatory, preliminary;
commandement , (mil.) cautionary command;
machine , (met.) dressing machine;
signal , (mil.) cautionary signal.
preparer, v. a., to prepare, arrange; (cord.) to see
all clear;
I'atlaque, (mil.) to prepare the (infantry)
attack by artillery fire;
machined , (met.) dressing machine.
preponderance, f., (art.) preponderance.
preponderant, a., preponderant;
voix e, casting vote.
prepose, m., officer or person in charge; (adm.)
agent or representative of a contractor at the
place specified in the contract;
de la douane, custom-house officer.
prfcs, adv., near;
au plus , (nav.) close to the wind;
faire plus , (art.) to depress.
presbyte, a., m., far-sighted; far-sighted person.
presbytie, f., long-sightedness.
prescription, f., precept; prescription; (law) prescription;
expiration by limitation of the right
to prosecute, to punish; (Fr. law) closing of
accounts, etc., in favor of the state if not settled
after five years; (med.) prescription;
par , by the statute of limitation.
prescrire, v. a., to order, command; (law) to
acquire by prescription; (med.) to prescribe.
prfseance, f., precedence;
avoir la , to take precedence of.
presence, f., presence; (mil.) status of being present
for duty;
solde de , (mil.) full pay, active-duty pay.
present, a., m., present, "here;"
la e, this letter;
le porteur, the bearer of this;
les s el les absents, the present and absent.
presentation, f., presentation; submission (as of
a list of candidates for the Legion of Honor,
etc.).
presenter, v. a., to present, offer, hold out, bring
forward, introduce; to try a
piece
of work to
see if it is right before fixing it in its place; to
submit (as a list of candidates for the Legion of
Honor);
I'arme (les armes), (mil.) to present arms;
la bi'ionnetle, (mil.) to charge bayonets;
la balaille, (mil.) to offer battle;
un cheval, to show, present, a horse to a
buyer, to his rider;
la gaule, (of a groom) to salute with the
whip;
une manoeuvre, (cord.) to snatch a rope, put
it into a snatch block.
preservateur, a., preservative.
presidence, f., presidency.