A French-English Military Dictionary - Sturmpanzer.com

apurc 371 ratelier
rftimre, f., rasping.
rapuroir, m., copper boiler (for potassium nitrate).
raqnette, f., racket; snowshoe; sort of saw for ripping
curved pieces; (artif.) rocket without a
stick;
perceuse, ratchet drill.
rarefaction, f., rarefaction;
tuyau de , air pipe.
rarfefier, v. a. , to rarefy.
ras, a., close, smooth, cropped close (of hair) flush;
bare, open, flat; level with the surface of;
h au, de, to the level of;
a du sol, flush, level, with the ground;
au de reau, to the water's edge;
bateau , flat-bottomed boat;
batiment , dismasted ship;
e campagne, open, flat, country (no hills, nor
trees, rivers, etc.);
en e campagne, (mil} in the open, in the field
(as distinguished from forts, etc.);
mesure e, strike measure;
& terre, along the ground, down to the ground.
ras, m., reef (awash); race; punt; floating stage;
flat-bottomed boat;
de carene, floating stage;
de courant, race;
de maree, race, tide gate; bore; eagre;
de metal, (art. ) face of the tulip of a gun.
rasage, m., shaving.
rasance, f., de la trajectoire, (ball.) flatness of
the trajectory.
rasant, a., (art.) sweeping, grazing; (fort.) rasant;
feu . (art.) grazing fire (i. e., going along, or
but little above, the object fired at);
flanc , (fort.) flank sweeping the face of the
opposite bastion;
fortification e, (fort.) a fortification having
little or no command; rasant, low-built work
or fortification;
ligne e, v. flanc ;
tir , (art.) horizontal fire;
vue e, view of an open, flat country.
rase, f., (nav.) a mixture of rosin, sulphur, ground
glass, etc., to protect the underwater hull
against insects; turpentine oil;
eau de , oil of turpentine.
ras, p. p., shaven; razed to the ground; (nav.)
razeed, dismasted; (hipp.) having lost the mark
of mouth.
rasement, m., razing to the ground, demolishing,
pulling down; (hipp.) loss, disappearance, of the
mark of mouth; (art.) shearing (of the studs,
obs.).
raser, v. a., to shave; to dismantle; to raze; to demolish,
overthrow; to pass very near to (e. g.,
the enemy); to lay flat, level with the ground;
(hipp.) to raze or lose mark of mouth, to lose
the mark; (art.) to sweep; to demolish by artillery
fire;
la campagne, (art.) to sweep the terrain with
shot, shells, etc.;
la cote, (nav.) to keep the land aboard;
faire une tuybre, (met.) to diminish the inclination
of a twyer;
un navire, (nav.) to cut down a ship; to dismantle
a ship (in battle);
au niveau du sol, to raze to the ground;
se , (r. r.) to follow the level of the ground;
le tapis, (man.) (of a horse) to go too near the
ground.
rasc-tapis, m., (hipp. and slang) horse that goes
too near the ground; daisy cutter.
rasoir, m., razor;
de surete, safety razor.
rassemblage, m., (mach.) connection.
rassemblement, m., gathering, assemblage,
crowd; (mil.) mustering, collecting, assembling,
troops preparatory to forming a march-
ing order; re-forming in normal order of troops
(infantry) that have been engaged in the dispersed
order; (more esp., Fr. a.) formation of a
scjuad in line, of a company in column of sections,
of a battalion in double column, at sixpace
intervals; command for these movements;
assembly of skirmishers; (on a large scale) temporary
formation of troops between the order of
march and that of battle; (art.) forming up of a
gun detachment, of a battery; command for
these movements; (fenc.) return to the upright
position from that of guard; assemble, finish.
rassemblement en arriere, (fenc.) return, etc., in
which the right is brought back to the left foot;
en avant, (fenc.) return, etc., in which the
left is brought up to the right foot;
formation de , (mil.) v. s. v. formation; (art.)
general term fqjr the assemblage of th,e various
sub units of a battery into greater units these
forming up the battery;
gare de , v. s. v. gare;
de la garde, (mil) assembly of guard details;
call for same;
au pare, (art.) formation of a battery at its
sans materiel, v. s. v. formation.
rassembler, v. a., to gather, collect, draw, bring
together; to put together, to mount; (mil.) to
collect, assemble (troops, an army, material
etc.); to assemble troops for a march formation;
(more esp.) to re-form in normal from dispersed
order (v. s. v. rassembkment); (art.) to form upa
gun detachment, a battery; (man.) to gather a
horse; (fenc.) to assemble, finish; to return to an
upright position from that of guard; m., (man.)
position of having hind legs under horse, gathering
up (operation of bringing the four feet
under base of support);
un cheval, (man.) to gather a horse;
les quatre jambes, (man.) (of the horse) to
gather (the legs) for a jump;
se , (mil.) to form in normal from dispersed
order; (art.) to form up (detachment, battery);
se en arriere (avant), (fenc.) to finish to the
rear (front), v. s. v. rassemblement;
se faire , (mil. slang) to get reprimanded or
punished.
rasseoir, v. a., to seat again; (fan.) to refasten a
horseshoe.
rassieger, v. a., (mil.) to besiege anew.
rassis, p. p., reseated; reset; m., (fan.) horseshoe
set on again with new nails;
pain , stale bread;
terre e, packed, well-settled earth.
rassurer, v. a., to settle, clear up; to secure,
strengthen (as a weak bridge).
rastel, m.. (fort.) ramp (out of the covered way
through the glacis).
rastelle, f., v. rastel.
rat, m., rat; (Polytechnique slang) cadet who is late
at a formation;
de pont, (Polytechnique slang) cadet whose
marks are not high enough to put him into the
Ponts et Chaussees;
prendre un , (sm. a.) to miss fire;
queue de , v. s. v. queue.
ratafia, m., ratafia.
rataplan, m., "rub-a-dub."
ratapoil, m., unconditional partisan of militarism.
rat, p. p., missed; m. (art., sm. a.) misfire; (min.)
misfire;
de charge, (art.) (of the charge) misfire, failure
to go off; (more esp.) misfire caused by
pushing a reduced charge too far into the breech
. (powder chamber).
rateau, m., rake; rack; coal fork; ward (of a lock);
fair-lead;
a cheval, hay rake;
faire son , (mil. slang) of reservists, to remain
over time with the regiment by way of punishment.
ratelage, m., raking.
ratelee, f., rakeful.
rateler, v. a., to rake.
ratelier, m., rack; hayrack; tool rack; (mil.) armrack,
rack of arms;
d'armes, (mil.) gun rack, armrack;
d'ecurie, hayrack;
d'etabli, tool rack;
remettre les armes au , (fig.) to sheathe one's
sword, to retire from the service.