A French-English Military Dictionary - Sturmpanzer.com

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ruine, f., fall or destruction of a building; ruins;
nun, overthrow, destruction; (hipp.) breaking
down of a horse;
battre en , (art.) to batter down;
en , ruinous, in ruins; ^
tomber en , to become ruinous, fall to decay,
go to waste, etc.
ruing, p. p.. useless, spoiled, broken down, ruined,
downfallen;
louche e, (man.) spoiled mouth;
chemin , destroyed, broken up, road;
cheval , (hipp.) spoiled, broken-down horse;
jarnbes es, (hipp.) sprung legs.
miner, v. a. r., to ruin, destroy, spoil, lay waste,
overthrow; to baffle, subvert; to decay, fall to
decay; (art.) to batter; (hipp.) to break down,
spoil, a horse; (carp.) to groove.
rulneux, a., ruinous, decayed, in decay; ready,
threatening, to fall; falling to ruin, to decay.
ruimire, f., (carp.) groove, housing (of a beam).
ruisseau, m., stream, brook, rivulet, rill, gutter,
kennel.
rulsson, m., small channel to drain a swamp.
rumb, m., r(h)umb;
de vent, point of the compass.
rupture,!., rupture, breaking, breaking off, bursting,
destruction, fracture; rupture; breaking off
(of relations); annulment (of a contract, etc.);
(raed.)hernia; (elec.) break (of a current); (mach.)
breakdown of machinery; (mil.) breaking from
line into column; reduction of the front of a
column; (expl.) destruction, demolition, by explosives;
boulet de , (art.) armor-piercing projectile;
charge de , (tech.) breaking load; (art.) a breaking
charge used in incendiary projectiles (to
keep the enemy from getting hold of them);
S, any S shaped cramping iron or plate, spare
couple, S-shaped link;
en , S-shaped, sigmoid;
de la gourmette, (harn.) curb hook.
sabatte, f., anchor shoe;
patin, sole for heel of sheers.
sabaye, f., boat rope, painter, mooring rope, stern
rope.
sable, m., sand, gravel, ballast: (nav.) glass, hourglass;
arene, sand formed in situ by the spontaneous
decomposition of rock;
argileux, clayey sand;
asphaltique, bituminous sand;
bain de , (cham.) sand bath;
bane de , (hydr.) sand bank;
battu, binding sand;
botte d, , (cons.) sand box (used in striking
centers);
s boulants, quicksand;
bouillant, quicksand;
carriere de , sand pit;
de carrier e, quarry sand;
de cave, v. terrain;
de , sandy;
doux, silver sand;
d'etuve, etuve, (fond.) burned sand;
femelle, v. m≤
defer, (artif.) iron filings used in fireworks;
fin, fine, sharp sand (no grain larger than
1mm in diameter); (fond.) facing sand;
fin de moulage, (fond.) facing sand;
fond de , sandy bottom;
defondeur, v. de
forme de , bed of sand;
fossile, fossil sand (sand transported by
water);
defouille, fouille, pit sand;
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rupture double, (expl.) destruction of a rail by explosives
on both sides:
double en couple, (expl.) destruction of a rail
by explosives so placed as to form a torquedcs
galcries (mil. rain.) destruction of gallerie;
de mouvement, (mil.) breaking from one formation
to another;
obus de , (art.) armor-piercing shell;
d'une porte, breaking in of a door;
par quatre, (mil) breaking into column of
fours;
rayon de , v. s. v. rayon,"
rayon de bonne , v. s. v. rayon;
rayon de limite, v. s. v. rayon;
des routes, (mil.) destruction of roads;
simple, (expl.) destruction of a rail by explosives
placed on one side only;
solide de bonne , v. s. v. solide;
solide de limite, v. s. v. solide;
strategique, (mil.) separation of forces of an
army into two distinct oodies; breaking of ene-
my's center;
par subdivisions, (mil.) break into column of
subdivisions.
ruse, f., stratagem, ruse, artifice, art;
de guerre, (mil.) stratagem.
rusticitfe, m., primitiveness; (of machines, gun
carriages, etc.) simplicity (with a connotation
of rudeness of design).
rustine, f., (met.) back plate of a forge hearth;
back of a blast furnace.
rustiquage, f., (mas.) rustic work (both of stone
and of plaster).
rustique, a., rustic; primitive, simple (e. g., of
machines, etc.); twisted (of the grain of wood);
(mas.) rustic;
bois , wood of twisted or curling grain:
genre,*ouvrage , (mas.) rustic work.
rustique, m., mason's hammer point.
rustiquer, v. a., (mas.) to rusticate; to cover
(a wall) with a rustic coat of plaster; to hatch
or nig the surface of a stone.
rutilaiit, a., (chem., expl.) rutilant.
sable gras, (fond.) dry sand;
gravier, coarse, angular sand;
grille, (fond.) dried or roasted sand;
gros, coarse sand (diameter of grains 2"*m or
3mm);
lit de , sand bed;
maigre, (fond.) green sand;
male, dark-colored sand (so called to distinguish
it from femelle, lighter-colored
sand in the same bed);
manger du , (nav.) to cheat the glass, turn it
over too soon;
de mer, sea sand;
mer de , sand flood;
de mine, pit sand;
mobile, v. s mouvant;
de moulage, (fond.) molding sand;
& mouler, & monies, v. de moulage;
(s) mouvant(s), shifting sand(s);
a noyaux, (fond.) core sand;
recuit, v. d'etuve;
de riviere, river sand;
de sablonniere, pit sand;
sack , (siege) sandbag;
sec, (fond.) dry sand; parting sand;
& souder, (met.) welding sand;
terrain, de terre, pit sand;
vasard, muddy sand;
vert, v. maigre.
sable, p. p., sanded; graveled;
allee e, graveled walk;
fontaine e, sand filter.
sabler, v. a., to sand, gravel, cover with sand or
gravel; to sandbag,
sable rie, f., (fond.) workshop for perparing sand
molds.
sableur, m., (fond.) sand molder.
sableux, a., sandy.