08.02.2013 Views

A French-English Military Dictionary - Sturmpanzer.com

A French-English Military Dictionary - Sturmpanzer.com

A French-English Military Dictionary - Sturmpanzer.com

SHOW MORE
SHOW LESS

You also want an ePaper? Increase the reach of your titles

YUMPU automatically turns print PDFs into web optimized ePapers that Google loves.

temperature 445 tenir<br />

temperature d' inflammation, temperature of inflammation.<br />

tempCte, f., (violent) storm, tempest;<br />

magnetique, magnetic storm;<br />

tournante, cyclone.<br />

temple, m., temple; (Protestant) church.<br />

temps, m., tims, season, term, period, interval of<br />

time, delay; the present day; leisure: weather;<br />

(fenc.) openinsr for a thrust; (man.) interval of<br />

time between two successive beats (battues);<br />

(mil) time (as in the manual of arms); interval<br />

of time between the successive guns of a salute;<br />

(art.) (in loading and firing) motion;<br />

au , (mil) as you were!<br />

d'arret, stoppage, delay; (mil) halt (esp.<br />

halt during infantry attack); (man.) action of<br />

h I'epreuve du , weather proof;<br />

fait, settled weather;<br />

flnir son , (mil.) to serve out one's enlistment;<br />

force, stress of weather;<br />

de galop, (man.) short gallop;<br />

galop & quatre, trois, v. s. v. , galop;<br />

, galopera quatre v. s. v. galoper;<br />

it giboulees, showery weather;<br />

h, de, grain, squally weather;<br />

gras, thick weather ;<br />

gros, , stormy weather;<br />

de guerre, war time;<br />

humide, damp weather;<br />

incertain, unsettled weather;<br />

dejambe, (man.) application of the leg as an<br />

aid;<br />

de langue, v. appel de langue;<br />

maniablc, moderate weather;<br />

mauvais , bad, foul, weather;<br />

mart, (mach.) lost time: (s. c. art.) time between<br />

end of aiming and fire of shot; gunner's<br />

time;<br />

nebuleux, cloudy weather;<br />

noir, thick weather;<br />

d'orage, oragcux, stormy weather;<br />

perdu, (s. c. art.) lost time, i. e., time beyond<br />

latest measure of range and end of aiming;<br />

(mach.) backlash;<br />

perdu d'une vis, lost motion, end play;<br />

. petit fine weather, with light winds;<br />

de pluie, , pluvieux, rainy weather;<br />

de pose, (phot.) exposure;<br />

de repos, (mil., etc.) rest;<br />

rude, rough weather;<br />

sec, dry weather;<br />

serein, clear weather;<br />

de service, (mil.) period, length, of service;<br />

de suspension,-?, s. v. suspension;<br />

tirer sur le , (fenc.) to make a time thrust;<br />

de trajct, (ball.) time of flight;<br />

variable, changeable weather;<br />

vilain, foul weather.<br />

tenable, a., that may be occupied; (of a road)<br />

practicable; (mtt.) tenable, defensible, capable<br />

of defense.<br />

tenace, a., tenacious, adhesive, sticky, cohesive,<br />

stiff.<br />

tnacite, f., strength; tenacity, stiffness, adhesion;<br />

(met.) tenacity.<br />

tenaille, f., pincers, nippers, tongs, pliers, pinchers<br />

(generally in pi.); (fort.) tenaille;<br />

bastionnee, (fort.) bastioned tenaille;<br />

& chanfrein, beveled nippers;<br />

(s) d contourner, saw-set;<br />

(s) h couper, cutting pincers;<br />

(s) d creuset, (met.) crucible tongs;<br />

double , (fort.) priest cap;<br />

tenaille hfeu, fire tongs;<br />

ti-ftancs, (fort.) tenaille with flanks;<br />

de forge, d forger, deforgeron. smith's<br />

tongs;<br />

8 goulues, wide jawed tongs (opening wide);<br />

sjustes, narrow-jawed tongs (small opening);<br />

ligneb, s, (fort.) tenailled line;<br />

(s)fi loupes, (met.) bloom tongs;<br />

& main, (fan.) horseshoe tongs;<br />

renforcee, v. bastionnee;<br />

simple, (fort.) tenaille without flanks;<br />

d vis, hand vise.<br />

tenaille, a., (fort.) tenailled.<br />

tenaiilon, m., (fort.) tenaiilon.<br />

tenant, m., (in pi.) lands bordering on an estate;<br />

s c t aboutissants , v. s. v. aboutissant;<br />

tout d'un, en un, , in one piece: in a ring<br />

fence.<br />

the hand to slacken a gait;<br />

lean, fine , weather;<br />

de brouillard, de brume, brumeux, foggy,<br />

misty, weather;<br />

charge en deux, etc., , v. s. v. charge;charger<br />

en deux, etc., v. s. v. charger:<br />

de chute, time of fall;<br />

clair, clear weather;<br />

connaissance des , nautical almanac, ephemeris;<br />

coup de , squall; (fenc.) time thrust;<br />

. convert, thick weather;<br />

- en sus, after time, after hours;<br />

epais, hazy weather;<br />

j tendelet, m., awning, canopy, tilt.<br />

j tender, m., (r.r.) tender.<br />

tendeur, m., stretcher; wire stretcher; coupling<br />

screw; (mach.) tightening pulley; (cons.) generic<br />

term for extension piece;<br />

h vis, turn-buckle; (r. r.) screw coupler;<br />

(art.) chain stretcher (Canet 27>->m seacoast cannon).<br />

tendiere, f., (cons.) (horizontal) scaffolding pole.<br />

tendineux, a., tendinous.<br />

tendon, m., tendon, sinew; (hipp.) back sinew;<br />

blanchi, (hipp.) overstretched tendon;<br />

claque, (hipp.) snapped tendon;<br />

failli, (hipp.) close tendon (united to knee<br />

by too deep a depression);<br />

dujarret, (hipp.) hamstring.<br />

tendrc, a., tender, soft, delicate;<br />

pierre , soft stone.<br />

tendre, v. a., to bend, stretch, hang, set up; to<br />

give, hold out; (fenc.) to stretch out the arms<br />

stiff;<br />

un camp, (mil.) to pitch a camp;<br />

une embuscade, (mil.) to set an ambuscade;<br />

une inondation, (mil.) to prepare or make an<br />

inundation;<br />

le nez, v. porter au vent;<br />

un piege, to set a trap;<br />

une tente, to pitch a tent.<br />

tendu, lau, p. p., tight, taut, tai bent, stiff; strained,<br />

stretched; (tail.) flat;<br />

trajectoire e, (ball) flat trajectory;<br />

trop , strained, overstretched.<br />

teneur, m., tenor; holder; (met., chem.) amount,<br />

quantity; (sm. a.) magazine holder or fastener;<br />

en carbone, etc., (met.) per cent of carbon, etc.<br />

(present in iron or steel);<br />

de livres, bookkeeper.<br />

tenir, v. a. n., to hold; to possess, occupy, keep;<br />

to take up, fill (so much space); to contain; to<br />

hold (have room for); to stick, adhere; to stand<br />

by; to hold (of the weather); to resist, hold out<br />

against, stand; to keep (a shop, etc.); to hold<br />

(of an anchor, rope, etc.); (mil.) to hold out,<br />

hold one's position, resist; to hold a line, a position;<br />

to keep the field; (man.) to sit;<br />

, bon<br />

&, to be contiguous to;<br />

en alerte, (mil.) to keep the enemy on the<br />

lookout, to harass him, to leave him no rest;<br />

Men ft cheval, (man.) to sit well, to have a<br />

good seat on horseback;<br />

se bien (mal) sur la trajectoire, (art.) to be<br />

steady (unsteady) in its flight (of a projectile);<br />

bon, (mil.) to hold on, fast, out; to stick,<br />

stand, fast; to stand one's ground; (cord., etc.)<br />

to keep (after hauling in, etc.); to keep tight;<br />

to hold fast, make fast;<br />

bon sur un cordage, (cord.) to keep, to hold<br />

fast; to avast heaving, hauling; to make fast,<br />

belay;<br />

bon le coup, (cord.) to haul and hold;<br />

partout, (cord.) to keep or hold everything;

Hooray! Your file is uploaded and ready to be published.

Saved successfully!

Ooh no, something went wrong!