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teiiue 447 terrassement
temie, . grande (mil.) full dress; review order
(British army);
de guerre, (mil.) service dress;
d' instruction, (mil.) drill order (of dress);
du jour, ( Fr. a.) the usual dress worn from
1-p. m.;
des livres, bookkeeping;
du matin, (Fr. a.) dress worn until 1 p. m.,
by officers and men;
mauvaise , bad holding (anchoring) ground;
(man.) poor seat; (mil.) slovenly appearance,
unsoldier-like bearing;
de nuit, (mil.) dress prescribed for the night;
d'offlcier, (mil.) officer's dress, outfit;
d'ordonnance, (mil.) regulation outfit or uniform
supplied by government;
de parade, (mil.) full dress; review order
(British army);
petite , (mil.) undress;
de . premiere (unif.) full dress, best (uniform,
etc.);
rectifier la , (mil.) to inspect and correct a
man's appearance, as for . guard etc.;
de route, (mil.) marching order;
selle sans , v. s. v. selle;
de service, (mil.) service dress;
de soldat, (mil.) soldier's (private's) dress,
outfit;
de sortie, ( Fr. a.) dress worn out of barracks;
de sous-officier , (mil.) n. c. o.'s outfit, dress;
de travail, (mil.) fatigue, working, dress;
de mile, street dress.
tenure, f . , holding; hole in a block of slate to receive
the wedge.
terfibenthine, f., turpentine.
teraie, m., term, limit, boundary , bound, termination,
end; expression; rent, quarter day;
marche, operation, d, v. s. v. , marche.
terminaison, f., termination, close, end; (hipp.)
insertion of a muscle.
terminer, v. a., to end, limit, stop, finish, close,
close up, get through, conclude, wind up, work
off.
termite, f., white ant.
ternaire, a., ternary.
terne, a., tarnished, dull.
ternir, v. a., to tarnish, dull, dim.
terrage, m., (artif.) claying.
terrasnol, m., horse with a heavy forehand, and
hard to throw on his haunches.
terrain, m., ground (with special reference to the
purpose for which it is to be used); piece oi
ground; tract, region, stretch of country; dueling
ground; (man.) ground, track, covered by
a horse; (mil.) terrain;
accidente, (top.) rough country full of , natural
cover;
aller sur le , to fight a duel;
ameubli, soft ground, for landing from a
jump;
-argileux, clayey ground;
attaquer le au pic, to work, loosen, the ground
with the pick;
des attaques (siege) : ground beyond glacis,
on which are situated the saps and mines;
avantageux, vantage ground;
battu, (mil.) space over which projectiles
actually fall; all terrain on which bullets fall:
broussailleux, (top.) ground covered with
brushwood;
ccder le , to give way;
de chicane, (mil.) ground in dispute;
chicaner le , (mil.) to dispute the ground;
de combat, (mil.) , battle, fighting ground;
compressible, compressible ground (with
respect to foundations);
de construction, building ground;
coupe, (top.) intersected, broken, country;
coupe d'obstacles, v. coupe;
convert, (top.) close country;
terrain dangereux, (fort.) all ground held by enemy
and within range; dangerous ground; undefiladed
space; (more generally) any space over
which projectiles fall or may fall;
decouvert, (top.) open country;
defendre son , to hold out, hold one's ground:
delaye, v. detrempi;
de derriere, background;
detrempi, soft, muddy, ground;
deverse, sloping ground;
disputer le , v. chicaner le ;
dominant, (mil.) commanding ground;
eleve, upland;
embrasser, du, son, , (man.) to go wide- to
cover the ground;
entrecoupe, intersected, broken, ground;
d'exerdces, (mil.) maneuvering ground, drill
ground;
exproprier le to , condemn land (e. g., for
military purposes);
ferme, (fort.) solid ground (as distinguished
from sand or under-water foundations) ;
fourre, v. broussailleux;
gagner du , to gain ground;
garder, le, son, , (man.) to keep on the track
(horse or man);
garnir un , (art.) to cover the terrain thoroughly
with projectiles;
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glaiseux, loamy ground;
glissant, slippery ground;
de gymnase, gynasium ground, athletic
field;
houiller, coal formation;
inonde, overflowed ground;
d' instruction, (mil.) drill or maneuvering
ground;
lourd, heavy ground;
de manceuvre(s) , (mil.) drill ground;
marecageux, swampy ground;
militaire, (mil.) the area comprised in the
servitudes militaires, q. v.;
montagneux, hilly ground;
mou, soft ground;
naturel, natural ground;
observer le, son, v. , garder le, son, ;
d'operations, (mil.) field, scene, of operations;
enpente, sloping ground;
perdre du to lose , ground; (man.) to narrow;
pierreux, stony ground;
pli du , (top.) fold of the ground;
rapporte, made ground;
rase, (mil.) space in front of terrain battu,
within which a man standing will be hit;
reconnaitre le , (mil., etc.) to reconnoiter the
ground;
se rendre sur le v. aller sur le , ;
repli du , v. pli du ;
resistant, hard ground;
rocheux, rocky ground;
sablonneux, sandy ground;
sonder le , to feel one's way;
sur le , on the ground, in the field;
talute, sloping ground;
later le to feel one's , way, v. s. v. tdter;
de transport, transporte, v. rapporte;
uni smooth level , , , ground ;
qui va en descendant (montant), falling
(rising) ground;
vague, waste land;
varie, varied ground.
terral, m., land breeze.
terrasse, f., terrace, earthwork, platform; flat roof;
foreground;
& , terraced;
sur comble, flat roof;
contre succession of , terraces, one raised
above another;
en , in the form of a terrace;
former en to , terrace;
maqonnee, perron;
travaux de , earthwork.
terrassement, m., earthwork (i. e., the moving,
etc., of earth), banking, embankment;