A French-English Military Dictionary - Sturmpanzer.com

salut 411 sape
salut, ^changer des -s, (mil, nav.) to exchange
salutes; - de I' epee, (mil.) salute with the sword;
- de VEtat, commonweal;
faire un- , (mil., nav.) to fire, give, a salute;
faire un - de ---- coups, (mil.; nav.) to fire a
salute of (so r.iany) guns;
de mer, (nav.) salute by a ship to another,
or to a fleet; - riilitaire, (mil.} military salute;
-s militaires, (mil.) military honors, compliments
; - public, the public welfare;
rendre un- , (mil., nav.) to return a salute;
rendre le - coup pour coup, (mil., nav.) to
return a salute gun for gun; - du sabre, (mil.) salute with a sword.
salve, f., (art,,) salvo; (sm. a.) volley;
- d'artillerie, (art.) salvo; salute by a salvo
(honors paid in French army in certain cases) ;
- bisse, (art.) salvo whose average point of
burst is below the type height (of - burst);
d'essai, (sm. a.) sighting volley;
faire une-
, to fire a salvo, volley;
feu(x) de-
, volley firing, etc.; - haute, (art.) a salvo whose average point of
burst is above the type height (of - burst);
a hauteur, (art.) a salvo at the proper height
of burst; - percutante, (art.) a shrapnel salvo that
strikes before bursting; - tres haute, (art.) a salvo whose point of
burst is more than twice as high as the type
height;
tirer une-
, v. faire une- .
sancir, v. n., (nav.) to founder, sink;
- sur ses amarres, v.- & I'ancre;
- & I'ancre, to founder at - anchor;
& la mer, to founder at sea.
sandale, f., sandal; (harn.) ,lady's stirrup; (fenc.)
fencing shoe, sandal; (qym.) gymnasium shoe;
(in pi.) magazine slippers.
sandaraque, f., pounce, sandarac;
poudre de-
, pounce .
sandwich, a.^sandwich (armor, etc.).
sang, m., blood; race, , family; the blood royal;
(hipp.) blood; full blood;
avor voir du- du-
, (hipp.) to be blooded, part blooded;
se battre au premier - , to fight until blood is
drawn ana no longer;
cheval pur- full-bred , horse;
de-
, (hipp.) blooded;
demi-
, (hipp.) half bred;
demi--
, (hipp.) half-bred horse;
deuxieme-
, v. demi--;
faire couler le- to cause , a war;
jour de-
, bloody day;
mettre bfeu et it-
, to put to fire and , belly strap of a litter.
sangler, v. a., to bind; to put a strap on; (hum.)
to girth; to strap; to cinch; to cinch up;
de coups dcfouet,, to 1 is h, horsewhip;
un coup, to give a lash a , blow.
sanglon, m., (harn.) small girth, strap.
sangl3t, m., v. sanglon.
sanguine, f., red hematite; rod chalk;
ti brunir, polishing stone (for metals)d
crayon, red (drawing) chalk;
crayon en , red chalk (for drawing).
sanitaire, a., sanitary;
cordon , sanitary line of troops; line of troops
on quarantine duty.
sans-culotte, m., Jacobin, sans-culotte.
sante, f., health; medical service; quarantine
service;
agent de la , quarantine officer;
appder to , make quarantine signal;
bateau de , quarantine boat;
billet de ,
sword;
mettre une mile h-, to put a town to the sword;
pres du-} (hipp.) nearly thoroughbred;
pur -- , (hipp.) thoroughbred;
pur(-)-
, (hipp.) thoroughbred horse;
rcpandre du-
, to shed bipod;
tout en- covered with , blood;
trois-quarts de -, (hipp.) three-quarters bred
horse.
sang-froid, m. , coolness , calmness;
de- in , cold blood.
bill of health ;
bureau de board , of health;
canot de la , v. bateau de ;
pour cause de on , medical certificate;
corps de , (mil., nav.) medical department;
demander la v. , appder ;
garde de , quarantine official;
maison de , private asylum;
par motif de , v. pour cause de
officier de , v. s. y. officer;
patcnte de , bill of health;
service de- , medical staff, corps or department;
(also) duties, functions, of the medical
staff; quarantine service.
sape, f., undermining (of a wall, a tower, etc.);
hole made in the foot of a wall to bring it down;
(siege) sap, sapping.
(The following terms relate to sieges:)
accidentclle, generic term for saps belonging
to no regular system, but adjusted to circumstances;
improvised sap (as in going across a
rock that can not be dug);
ancienne, Turkish sap;
blinde de , sap mask or blind;
blindee, blinded sap;
bouclier de , sap shield;
sanglade, f., cut, lash, with a whip.
sanglant, a., bloody (fight, defeat, war, etc.).
sangle, f., strap, band; paunch, mat; (harn.)
girth, saddle girth, cincha; neck harness, neck
strap; (mach.) ring; - d cartouches, (sm. a.) cartridge-packet strap;
- de chanvre, hemp strap;
r croisee, web strap; - dossiere, back strap of a litter;
- d'embarcation, boat gripe; -faite&la main, hand - mat;
au metier, sword mat;
passage des-s, (hipp.) girth; - porte-caisse, (art.) chest strap;
premiere-
, (harn.) under girth;
seconde-
, (harn.) middle girth; - de selle, (harn.) saddle girth;
couverte, covered sap;
&, en, cremaillere, indented sap, sap with
crotchets all on one side;
crochet de , sap hook;
debout, direct double sap;
h decouvert, open sap;
demi-double, half-double sap;
demi-pleine, same as single sap, except that
a gabion farci is not used;
derobee, sap hastily executed (when enemy's
fire slacks , or he does not keep a good watch) ;
double, double sap;
double tfc terre roulante, double sap (head
parapet pushed forward);
double traversce, sap with cube traverses:
double & traverses en cremaillere, double sap
with indented traverses;
entiere, full sap;
executer une , to drive a sap;
fagot de , sap fagot, fascine;
faire deboucher une , to break out a sap;
force, bored sap (i. e. , a Boring is made parallel
to the surface of the ground, loaded, and
blown up);
sans formes, sap driven at full size (and
therefore requiring no subsequent enlargement);
(in case of oblique fire, when one of
the two forms of the simple regular sap may
be suppressed);
fourche de , sap fork;
en gabions, gabion sap;
en galeries de mine, underground sap (driven
underground);
marcher en , to sap, to drive a sap;
masque de , head parapet of a sap;
sans masque, sap without covering parapet
at its head;
ouverte, open sap;
sans parapet, deep sap without parapet or
masque detete;