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etour 395 retraiichement
retour de mine, (mil. min.) change of direction at
the intersection of two mine galleries;
oblique, (siege, mil. min.) oblique change of
direction;
offensif, (mil.) counter attack, return stroke;
attempt to recover a position from which just
driven; renewed attack (by the offensive);
du piston, (mach.) back stroke, return
stroke, of a piston;
poulie de , leading block, quarter block;
prendrcti, , (cord.) to take a turn;
prendre un , (cord.) to take a round turn;
rapide, (mach.) quick return motion, quick
return;
route de , homeward route;
de sape, (siege) change of direction in the sap;
de sape double en sape double, (siege) double
sap return from a double sap;
de sape double en sape simple, (siege) single
sap return from a double sap;
de sape simple en sape double, (siege) double
sap return from a single sap;
de sape simple en sape simple, (siege) single
sap return from a single sap;
tenird , (cord.) to hold on with a round turn;
en tete, (siege) change of direction of same
gallery;
au type, v. en arriere;
vivrcs de , unexpended provisions;
voyage de , return voyage.
retracer, v. a., to retrace.
retrait, a., bois , wood warped in seasoning.
retrait, m., repurchase; withdrawal; shrinkage;
(fond.) shrinkage, contraction, of cast metal on
cooling; (fort.) v. retirade;
d, double . (fond.) with allowance for double
shrinkage (said of a model, itself intended to
furnish a second model);
d'emploi, (mil.) suspension, removal from an
office or duty (punishment);
etre en , sur, to be back from, not in the same
surface with;
de la mer, (gradual) withdrawal of the sea;
mettre en d'emploi, (mil.) to deprive of one's
office or place;
de mouture, shorts.
retraite, f., retreat, withdrawal, retiring, superannuation;
place of retreat; (commercially) renewing,
counterdraft; draft on the last indorser
of a protested note; (tech., met.) contraction,
shrinkage; (cons.) offset, Setback; (harn.) sort
of leading rein; (fenc.) retire; (farr.) part of nail
left in the hoof; (cord.) free end (of a gin, wind-
lass, or capstan rope, etc.); tackle fall; (art.)
recoil; (mil.) retreat (before the enemy) ; retreat
(in garrison), call for retreat; pension, retired
pay; retired status , (strictly, Fr. a.) status of a
soldier definitively struck from the rolls of the
army with a retiring allowance; retired list;
(foft.) berm.
(Except where otherwise indicated, the following
expressions are military:)
avoir sa , to be on pension;
battre en , to retreat, to draw off;
se battre en , to make a running fight;
battre la , to beat retreat ;
caisse de , superannuation fund;
controle nominatif des personnes mises to, la ,
retired list;
coup de canon de , retreat gun, evening gun;
coupcr la , to cut off the retreat;
de , retiring;
demander sa to , apply for the retired list;
directe, direct retreat upon object to be covered;
donner & (in gen.) to shelter, harbor;
donner sa & to superannuate, pension off;
des eaux, (in gen.) subsidence of water;
retraite, en , in retreat; call to retreat; on the
retired list ; retired; to the rear (as, e. g., guns
behind an intrenched line); (of teams) pulling
back, so as to pull back (in steep descents);
(cows.) setback;
tint nominatif des personnes mises & la , v.
contrdle nominatif des personnes mises ii la ;
etre en -~ , (cons., etc.) to be set or sit back, to
retreat;
etre en les uns sur Us autres, (con., etc.) to be
set back one from the other;
etre misfila , to be put on the retired list;
faire , (cons.) to sit or be back, retreat;
faire une , to make a retreat; (in gen.) to live
in retirement for a time;
laterale, retreat in a direction perpendicular
to the direction of the object to be covered;
lieu de , (in gen.) place of retreat, hiding place;
mettre & la , to pension off, to put on the retired
list, to retire;
mise h la , retiring;
mise & la d 'office (pour les commissionnes) , ( Fr.
a.) compulsory retirement of commissionnes;
obtenir si , to get one's pension, to get on the
retired list;
officier en , officer on the retired list;
operer une , to effect a retreat;
palan de , (cord.) training tackle;
pzrallele (mil.) retreat parallel to the base;
pension de , retiring pension or allowance;
sans pension de , unpensioned, without an
allowance, wholly retired (U. S. A.);
perpendiculaire, retreat perpendicular to the
base;
piece de , (nav., art.) stern chaser;
placer en , to cause men and teams to hold
back wagons on steep descents;
prendre sa , to go on the pensioned list; to
retire upon a pension; to go, or be put, on the
retired list;
quitter sa to come out of , retirement;
sans v. sans , pension de ;
sonner la to sound , retreat, the retreat;
strategique, the retreat of a defeated army
after the battle;
tactique, withdrawal of a body of troops defeated
in an assault;
tiree, (nav.) evening-gun fire ports).
(in military
retraite, a., (mil.) retired, on the retired list, pensioned;
m., person on the retired list; (strictly,
Fr. a.) person who has a pension de retraite;
non , unpensioned, without an allowance
(but still not in service; wholly retired, U.S.A.)
officier retired officer.
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retraiter, v. a., (mil.) to retire.
retranchement, m., curtailment, abridging;
recess; (fort.) retrenchment, intrenchment.
(The following terms relate to fortifications:)
de campagne, field intrenchment;
de champ de bataille, field intrenchment, shelter
trench;
expeditif, rapid intrenchment (constructed
by working parties on both sides, and hence the
same on both sides);
d'infanterie, infantry parapet or intrenchment
(in front of main line of works) ;
interieur, interior retrenchment (sort of keep
or cavalier) ;
ligne de s, line of intrenchments;
ordinaire, intrenchment of the usual type;
progressif, progressive intrenchment (i. e.,.
one that may be strengthened, from a mere
shelter trench to the dimensions of the rapid
intrenchment);
rapide, rapid intrenchment (a deliberate intrenchment);