A French-English Military Dictionary - Sturmpanzer.com

tesson 449 tete
tesson, m., potsherd,
test, in., (met.) test; cupel.
testament, m., testament, will;
militaire, soldier's will (made without the
formalities usually considered necessary).
testimonial, a., testimonial;
Icttre e, testimonial of good conduct;
preuve e, proof by witness.
tet, m.,v.test;
s et blocailles, broken-up castings.
tfitanos, m., (hipp.) stag-evil; lockjaw.
tetard, m., tongue, foot, of a pole, shaft; square
end going in between the guides (queue
d'armons); pollard tree.
tfete, f., head (of a bolt, rivet, etc.); head (of cattle);
(in races) head; front end of anytiling; steering
head of bicycle; face of a stone; facing; outside
face; face of an arch; life; head (of a canal, of a
wood, etc.); (mil.) head (of a column, advance
guard of an army, etc.); front, front rank; body
of troops (thrown out for any purpose; rare);
h la,
, at the head, in front (as in front of a
company);
d'affut, (art.) head plate of a gun carriage;
d'alouetie, (cord.) crown knot;
d'alouette double, (cord.) double crown knot;
d'alouette simple, (cord.) single crown knot;
d' assemblage, (mach.) connecting point;
en avanl, ahead; j^d'avant-garde,
v. s. v. avant-garde;
avoir la (en) dedans, (man.) to carry the head
turned in;
avoir la au mur, (man.) to carry the head
turned out (toward the wall);
avoir quelqu'un en , to have some one as a
rival, an adversary;
baissee, headlong, undaunted;
de balancicr, v. s. v. balancier;
bataillon de , (mil.) leading battalion;
de belter, double hook;
de bielle, (mach.) crosshead (of the rod); stub
end; connecting rod (head or end);
de bielle fermee, (mach.) solid head or end;
de bielle hfourche, (mach.) forked end of connecting
rod;
de bielle ouverte, (mach.) open end with a
strap and key connection;
bien attachee, (hipp.) well-attached head;
de bordage. (nav.) butt end of a plank;
bouchon, (sm. a.) cylinder head, bolthead;
boulet & deux s, (art.) bar shot (obs.);
busque.e, (hipp.) arched head (convex face);
dc cabestan, capstan head;
de camp, (mil.) front of the first line, nearest
to the enemy; general parade of a camp;
camuse, (hipp.) snub-nosed head;
cirrcc, (hipp.) straight head;
casser la to shoot a , soldier;
de, champignon, mushroom head (of a bolt,
of a rail, etc.);
du chapeau, (pont.) trestle cap end;
de chat, undressed stone more or ess round
in shape;
de chcval, (mach.) in a lathe, the slotted bar
for the change wheels;
de chevalcment, (carp.) crosspicce supported
by two stays or props;
du chien, (sm. a.) hammer head;
d'un clou, head of a nail;
de colonne, (mil.) head of a column;
compagnie de , (mil.) leading company;
d'un compos, head or joint of a pair of com-
conserver In direcle, (mil.) to keep the eyes
to the front, as in marching past;
course de la , (man.) riding at head (lance,
saber, or pistol);
-croisee, (mach.) crosshead;
de , leading;
de en , from stem to stern;
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tete decousue, v. mal attachee;
de defile, (lop.) head of a defile next the
enemy;
dcssus de , v. s. v. dessus;
donner une , to dive headforemost;
fi douille, (bicycle) steering head;
& droite (gauche), (mil.) eyes right (left);
d'ecouvillon, (art.) sponge head;
en , in front, at the head of;
en et en queue, front and rear;
d'ctapes de guerre, v. s. v. etape;
d'etapes de route, v. s. v. etape;
elrc en . (hipp.) to be marked about the head
(v. s. v. chcval);
faire &, to cope with, to make head against,
to face;
faire de colonne, (mil.) to be at the head of a
column; to be the head of column;
faire une , (man.) to make (i. e., strike, etc.)
a head in riding at the heads;
fixe, v. chantier de commetiage;
fourgon de , (r. r.) baggage car;
fourchee, forked head;
ftfraiser, (mach.) broach, broaching head;
de gachette, (sm. a.) nose of the sear;
grosse de bicllc, (mach.) crank end of the
connecting rod;
homme de , bold, resolute, man;
de lanterne, (art.) head of a gun ladle;
de lieire, (hipp.) hare-faced head (convexity
limited to forehead);
s de ligne, (r. r.) termini of a railway;
mal attachee, (hipp.) head whose parotid
channel is too pronounced;
de manoeuvre, working handle of a drill or
boring instrument;
marcher en , to lead the way, march in front;
: d'un marteau, etc., head of a hammer, etc.;
marteau a deux s, double-faced hammer;
de maure (more), (cord.) crown knot; v.cheval
cap de maure;
mobile, (sm. a.) movable head, movable
bolthead; (art.) movable head (of the breech
plug); (mil. slang) musketry instructor; (cord.)
v. chariot d commcttre;
de mort. skull; (arlif.) carcass, incendiary
shell; (cord.) single crown knot; (carp.) hole in
which a dowel is broken off below the surface
of the piece;
morte, caput mortuum;
moutonnee, (hipp.) ram's head (convexity
on chamfer);
de mur, thickness of a wall at its end;
obus de mort, \. s. v. obus;
& oreilles, winged head (as of a screw);
d'un ouvrage to, corne, h couronnc, (fort.)
front of a born, crown, work;
perdue, countersunk head;
petite de bielle, (mach.) crosshcad end of a
connecting rod;
piquer une , v. donner une ;
& pivot, steering head (of a bicycle);
plaquee, (hipp.) head plastered on (parotid
groove effaced);
de plaline, (r.f. art.) lock head;
plongeante, (fond.) deadhead;
d'un pont, approach to a bridge;
de pont a bascule, front crossbeam of a draw
bridge;
porte-outil, (mach.) tool-holder;
porter la sur Vechafaud, to be beheaded;
de potence de pompe, cheeks of a pump which
support the brake;
a-queue, complete turn of a horse to the
rear (as, e. g., in refusing a jump);
de rayage, (mach.) rifling head;
de refouloir, (art.) rammer head;
de regiment, (mil.) head of a regiment;
de rhinoceros, (hipp.) rhinoceros head (with
concave chamfer);
d la romaine, round head of a (large) screw;
ronde, snap head of a rivet;
de sape, (siege) head of the sap;
de sellette, (art.) round part of the bolster
of a limber, through which the pintle hole
d six pans, hexagonal head;