A French-English Military Dictionary - Sturmpanzer.com

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rla, m., v. rea.
riaule, f., miner's instrument, sort of hook fitted
with a handle,
riblon, m., scrap iron;
fer de , scrap iron.
ribordage, m., (nav.) damage caused by a collision;
droit de , collision damages.
ricin, m., castor-oil plant;
huile de , castor oil.
ricochable, a., (art.) exposed to richochet; that
will cause a projectile to ricochet.
ricocher, v. a. n., (art.) to ricochet; to fire at the
long faces of a work.
ricochet, m., (art., sm. a.) ricochet;
& , ricochet, ricocheting;
balle mise par , (t. p.) ricochet hit;
batterieb , (art.) ricochet battery;
battred, , (art.) to use cicochet fire;
faire des s, (art.) to cause a shot to ricochet;
feufi , (art.) ricochet fire;
mou, plongeant, (art.) plunging ricochet;
raide, (art.) flat ricochet;
tendu, v. raide;
tir & , (art.) ricochet fire.
ride, f., wrinkle; fold; ripple (on the surface of
water); (.cord.) lanyard;
naud ae , (cordL) 'Matthew Walker's knot;
& palan, (cord.) lanyard serving as tackle to a
stay.
ride', p. p., ribbed, corrugated, fluted.
rideau, m., curtain, screen: mound or elevation
raised above a road, a canal, supporting wall
of such a mound; screen of trees, of bushes,
wind screen; blower (of a fireplace); (pont.)
the rods, chains, etc., supporting the floor of
a suspension bridge; (phot.) shield (of a plate
holder); (mil. topi) undulation of the ground
(behind which troops may be concealed); (mil.)
screen of troops (esp. cavalry); screen of skirmishers;
de cavalerie, (mil.) screen of cavalry:
defensif, (fort.) a line of works barring hostile
advance; (more esp.) fortified region on or near
the frontier;
protecteur, (mil.) generic term for all troops
acting as a screen in front of an army (advance
guard, etc.);
de tente, curtain of an awning.
ridel le, f., cart rack, rave; (in pi.) oaken saplings,
reserved for wheelwright's work; (art.) upper
rail (of a wagon frame), upper rail or spar at
the top of an artillery wagon;
chariot & s, v. s. v. chariot.
rider, v. a., to ripple; to corrugate; (cord.) to set
up, tighten, haul taut.
ridoir, m., (cord.) rigging screw, stretcher;
& vis, stretching screw, regulating screw.
riflage, m., operation of using a rifloir.
riflard, m., large double-handled plane; jack plane;
mason's parting tool; toothed chisel; coarse,
heavy, metal file.
rifler, v. a., to file; to use a jack plane; to furrow a
grindstone.
rifloir, m., rifle; crooked file: file bent at end for
working in the bends of different pieces of metal
or wood.
rigidite, f., rigidity, stiffness;
de la trajectoire, (ball.) rigidity of the trajectory.
rigodon, m., (t. p.) call or battery announcing a
bull's-eye.
rigole, f., drain, culvert, gutter; small ditch; trench,
furrow; small foundation trench; small stream;
(mach.) oil groove; (fond.) runner, channel for
melted pig iron; (sm. a.) gas port; (fort.) trench
in which first layer of fascines is set to one-half
their diameter; trench for sod revetments;
de chdssis de place, (art.) groove for trail-truck
d'echappement, (sm. a.) gas port;
d'ecouiement, culvert;
laterale, side drain of a road;
du milieu, main drain.
rigueur, f., rigor; severity of the weather;
arrets de v. , s. v. arret.
rime, f., rhyme; stroke (in rowing).
ringard, m., (met., etc.) poker, fire iron; tapping
bar; porter bar;
barre de , picker bar;
h crochet, hook, fire hook;
b, lance, slice, fire slice.
ringarder, v. a., (met., etc.) to stir, poke, the fire.
ringot, m., (cord.) small grommet, becket.
ripage, m., (mas.) smoothing of a stone, removal
of plaster, with a scraper; (cord.) slipping of a
rope; shifting of weights in a horizontal direction,
as (r. r.) sliding of cross-ties along the
ground or on the track, either by hand or by
crowbars;
de la voie, (r. r.) side shifting of the track.
ripe, f., (mas.) scraper; drag.
ripement, m., boiling of the sea (due to the meeting
of submarine currents); (cord.) slipping of
one rope on another.
riper, v. a. n., to shift a weight (in a horizontal direction);
to boil (of the sea); (mas.) to scrape
or make smooth (with a drag); (nav.) to shift
(of cargo); (cord.) to slip, surge;
pinced, , v. s. v. pince;
sur, (cord.) to wear, chafe, against;
la voie, (r. r.) to shift the track sidewise.
riposte, f., (fenc.) parry and thrust, ripost, return
thrust; (man.) start, jump (of a horse .on feeling
the spur).
(The following terms relate to fencing:)
composee, compound ripost (i. e., the result
of a combination of movements);
contre , counter thrust (attack following a
parried ripost);
droite, a ripost in the same line as the parry;
d'opposition, high ripost (hand elevated on
account of the adversary's opposition;
simple, simple, straight, ripost;
du tac au t&, a thrust or blow following immediately
on a parry;
d temps d'arret, ripost preceded by a pause.
riposter, v. a., (fenc.) to parry and thrust; (mil.
and art.) to fire back; to return fire;
aufeu, (art.) to return an enemy's fire;
& la mouche, v. s. v. mouche.
riquette, f., (met.) scrap iron; clipping from skelp
when there is more metal than is required;
fer de , scrap iron.
ris, m., (nav.) reef.
risban, m., (fort.) risban, (artificial) bank or flat
piece of ground on which a battery may be
constructed for the defense of a harbor;
arme port battery.
risberme, f., risberm; pile and stone work to protect
a foundation against washing; space between
the sheet piling and the body of a cofferdam;
(fort.) risberm; fascine work at the foot
of an embankment.
risee, f., squall, gust (of wind).
riser, v. a., (nav.) to reef.
risque, m., risk;
de capture, risk of capture;
N s de guerre, risks of war;
s de mer, perils of the deep; dangers of the
sea;
b, ses s et perils, at one's own risk.
risse, f., (cord.) gripe, lashing, trapping, rope.
risser, v. a., (nav.) to lash to the deck.
risson, m., four-clawed grapnel.
rivage, m., river bank; shore (of the sea, of a lake);
(tech.) riveting.
rive, f., bank, shore, border (of a stream, of a lake);
towpath; skirt, edge, border (of a wood); (fan.)
edge, border (of a horseshoe);
amie, (mil.) our side, our bank, of the river;
d'arrivee, (pont.) bank to which a bridge is
built or toward which it is dismantled;
de depart, (pont.) bank from which a bridge
is built or from which it is dismantled;
deuxieme, , v. - d'arrivee;
droite, right bank (of a stream);