A French-English Military Dictionary - Sturmpanzer.com

araser 19 argon
araser, v. a., to make flush or level; to level (as,
the top of a wall, an embankment or parapet);
to be Hush with.
arases, f. pi., leveling-courses of masonry.
arbalete, f., the leader of a spike-team; (carp.)
hanging-post truss.
arbaleter, v. a., to shore up, prop.
arbaletrier, m., (cons.) main rafter of a roof, headrafter.
arbalatriere, f ., gangway of a platform.
arbitrage, m., arbitration; (mil.) jurisdiction and
judgment of umpires.
arbitral, a., relating to arbitration.
arbitre, m., abritrator; (mil.) umpire at maneuvers.
arbitrer, v. a., to arbitrate.
arborer, v. a., (nav.) to hoist colors, a flag, a
signal;
un pavilion, to hoist a flag;
le pavilion blanc, to hoist the white flag, to
surrender.
arborescence, f., arborescence; (met.) treelike
formation or arborescence (defect in steel lacking
in homogeneity) .
arbre, m., tree; (mach., etc.) arbor, shaft, spindle,
axis, axle; boring-bar, cutter-bar; stem or post
of a crane.
(Except where otherwise indicated, the following
terms relate to machinery:)
h ailettes, axle of cruciform section;
de brin, tree of a single stem, i. e., straight-
stemmed tree;
& cames, cam-shaft ;
de changement de marche, reversing-shaft;
charge, shafting subjected to bending stresses;
de commande, the particular shaft driving a
particular machine; controlling shaft (of a particular
machine);
du communicateur, gearing-shaft;
de couche, horizontal shaft; main, drivingshaft;
crank shaft; the shaft running the length
of a machine shop, i. e., power-shaft, distributing-shaft;
de couche b, manivelles rapportees. built-up
crankshaft;
& un seul coude, simple crank-axle;
coude, cranked shaft, cranked axle, double
crank;
d coudes multiples, multiple crank-shaft; '
creux, hollow shaft;
debout, arbor, spindle (vertical);
de distribution, valve-stem;
& double-joint universal, spindle fitted with a
double ball-and-socket joint;
faux , (fond.) false core or spindle (casting
hollow projectiles);
& feuillage persistant, evergreen tree ;
flexible, flexible shaft;
de frein, brake-spindle; (art.) recoil-check
spindle, compressor-shaft;
de grue, crane-post;
d'helice, (nav.) screw-, propeller-shaft;
inter mediaire, countershaft;
ligne d' s, line-shafting;
de la machine, engine-shaft;
& manivelle, crank-shaft;
de mise en train, starting-shaft;
moteur, main shaft, driving-shaft, drivingaxle;
premier moteur, the engine-shaft; any shaft
which, transmitting all the power, is fitted
with a fly-wheel or sheave;
- second moteur, transmitting shaft, intermediate
shaft, has no fly-wheel, and either
receives or transmits its power by gearing;
troisieme moteur. a shaft that receives power
from belts or light gearing, or which controls
oscillatory movements only;
d, nervures, ribbed axle, axle of cruciform
section;
d noyau, (fond.) core-spindle, core-bar;
oscillant, rocking-shaf t ;
de pointage en direction, (art.) traversingshaft;
de pointage [en hauteur, (art.) elevating
shaft;
porte-fraise, overhanging arm (machine
tools);
porte-molettes, cutter-arbor;
arbre porte-outil, tool-spindle, tool-holder;
porte-piece, work-spindle;
raine, slotted shaft;
de reglage, (art., mach.) adjusting-shaft,
regulating-spindle ;
de serrage, (art.) compressor-shaft, tightening
spindle;
suspendu, overhead shaft;
du tiroir, des tiroirs, eccentric shaft, way
shaft;
de tour, lathe-spindle, mandrel;
de transmission, secondary transmissionshaft,
transmission-shaft; countershaft, distributing-shaft
;
vecteur, main mill-shaft;
en vilebrequin, crank-shaft;
d vis sans fin, worm.
arc, m., bow; arch; fork, bow, of a saddle (rare);
en berceau, round, Roman arch;
dente, (mach.) toothed arc, segmental rack;
dente de pointage, (art.) elevating arc;
doubleau, recessed, compound arch, facingarch
(as of a row of casemates) ;
embrasse, (mach.) arc of contact (of a belt on
a pulley);
gradue, (inst.) graduated arc, limb;
en plein cintre, v. en berceau;
de pointage, (art.) elevating arc;
de roulement, (mach.) rolling arc (of gearing);
sterile, arc in which there is no circulation
(of a ventilator);
votta'ique, (elec.) electric arc (light).
arcade, f., arcade; curved brace; (harn.) fork or
bow of a saddle, of a pack saddle; (art.) curved
transom;
dentaire, (hipp.) dental arcade, incisive
arcade;
de derriere, (harn.) cantle (of a saddle);
de devant, (harn.) bow, peak (of a saddle);
pointe d''
, (harn.) point or lower end of the
saddle-fork;
renversee, counter arch.
arcanson, m., colophany, black rosin.
arc-boutant, m., buttress, flying-buttress; stay,
spur, strut, prop; (art.) axletree stay; (hipp.)
bar, stay (of the foot).
arc-boutement, m., staying; buttressing; (sm. a.
jamming of cartridges in a tubular magazine;
point d' , point of support.
arc-bouter, v. a., to brace, prop, support, buttress;
(art.) to jam; (sm. a.) to jam, as cartridges
in a tubular magazine.
arc-doubleau, m., v. s. v. arc.
arceau, m., small arch, vault;
en decharge, (fort., etc.) relieving-arch.
archal, m., brass; (used only in) fil d' , brass
wire.
arc lie, f., arch;
largeur d'une , span.
archet, m.. bow drill;
drilled, , bow drill.
architecture, f., architecture;
militaire, (mil.) a general term for the art of
military construction, forts, bridges, etc. (almost
equivalent to military engineering, in
respect of constructions).
archives, f. pi., archives, records; record office.
archiviste, m., ( Fr. a.) clerk (in the staff). (The
grades are: principal de lere, 2eme classe;
de lere, Seme classe; Seme clesse: the grades
are not to be assimilated.)
arc-niveau, m., (art.) pointing-arc; gunner's
quadrant; (generally de pointage).
arson, m., crank of a centerbit; (harn.) saddletree;
bande d' , side-bar, saddle-bar;
etre ferme sur les s, (man.) to have a sure
seat;
perdre les s, (man.) to lose one's seat, to be
thrown from a horse ;
pistolet d' , (sm. a.) horse pistol;
pointe de bande d' , (harn.) rear horn or point
of aside-bar;
se remettre dans les s, (man.) to recover one's
stirrups;
vider les s, (man.) to be thrown from a horse.