A French-English Military Dictionary - Sturmpanzer.com

tir 454 tirer
tir, vitesse de , rate of fire; number of shots by
one man in one minute;
de vitesse, (t. p.) rapid firing (i. e., to train
men in rapid firing) ;
a volonte, fire at will.
tirage, m., draught, traction, pulling load (of vehicles);
towpath, towing; quarrying of stone;
impression, issue (of a book, etc.); draught (of
a chimney , funnel, etc.) ; (phot.} printing; (mil.,
etc.) drawing of lots; (min.) firing of a mine;
(met.) drawing of , metals;
artificiel, forced draught;
de la chandlere, furnace, draught;
de la cheminee, funnel draught;
cheval de , draught horse; tow horse;
d'un coup de mine, (min.) (firing of a) blast;
force, forced draught;
naturel, natural draught;
& la poudre, (min.) blasting;
au sort, (mil.) drawing of lots for service;
au tube, (cord.) formation of strands by drawing
threads through a tube of requisite diameter.
tiraille, f., (mach.) connecting rod.
tirailler, v. a. n., to pull, pull about; to fire frequently
and aimlessly; to bang away; (mil.)
to skirmish; to fire as skirmishers.
tiraillerie, banging away;
(mil.) skirmishing.
useless, wild, firing
tirailleur, m., bad shot; (mil.) rifleman; skirmisher;
sharpshooter;
s algcrien* ( Fr. a.) four regiments of Algerian
rifles (Turcos) recruited from the natives, except
fourteen men in each company who are
French; half the lieutenants are native, captains
and field officers French;
s annamites, (French colonial troops) one
regiment of Annam rifles (organized like the
algeriens);
cn-s, (inf.) as skirmishers (also call and
command);
d'infanterie, infantry skirmishers (tirailleur
alone generally means skirmisher of infantry);
s senegalais, (French colonial troops) one
regiment of Senegalese rifles (organized like
the - algeriens);
s tonldnois, (French colonial troops) three
regiments of Tonkinese rifles (organised like
the algeriens).
tirant, m., cramp, cramp iron; rib, holdfast;
collar; bolt; axle stay; boot strap; purse string;
(cons., mach., etc.) beam, floor beam, tiebeam,
tie-rod, stay, brace, tensile stay, eccentric rod,
stay rod; (unif.) keeper of a sword belt; (mus.)
brace of a drum; (nav.) draught of water;
d'arbalete, (cons.) straining beam;
de branloire, bellows chain;
de caisse, (mus.) brace of a drum;
de cavalier, dog stay;
de (la) chaudiere, boiler stay;
diagonal, (cons.) diagonal stay;
difference du d'eau, (nav.) trim;
sans difference de , (nav.) on an even keel;
d'eau, (nav.) draught of water;
d'eau egal, (nav.) even keel;
d'eau en charge, (nav.) load water draft;
d'eau Uge, (nav.) light water draught;
d'excentrique, (mach.) eccentric rod;
faux , (cows.) hammer beam;
de fourreau de baionnette, (sm. a.) bayonetscabbard
loop;
defrein, brake rod;
maitre , (cons.) tiebeam;
marque du d'eau, v. s. v. marque;
du milieu de 1'avant-trg.in, (art..) middle
futchel;
ft vide, v. d'eau llge;
de voiture, starting load;
de voice, (art.) spli liter-bar stay.
tiramle, f., pulling rope of a pile driver, etc.; strap
around a lever;
sonnette it
, v. s. v. sonnette:
de sonnette, draw line; hand rope of a pile
driver.
tire, f., tout d'une , at a jerk, all at once, at one
time.
tireJ tire! pull away! pull ahead!
tire,m. , shooting (sport) ; drawee (bill of exchange) .
tire-au-flanc, m., (mil.
cooler (U. S. A.).
slang) deadbeat; coflee-
tire-balle, m., (sm. a.) bullet extractor.
tlre-botte(s), m., bootjack; boot hook.
tire-bouelier, m. v., tire-boucler.
tke-bouchon, m., corkscrew; (art.) fuse extractor
(of a shell).
tire-boucler, m., mortise chisel.
tire-bourrage, m., packing screw.
tire-bourre, m., (art.) worm; (sm. a.) wad extractor
(obs.); (mach.) packing hook.
tire-bouton, m., button hook, strap.
tire-braise, m., .(slang) infantry soldier
tire-cartouche, m., (sm. a.) cartridge extractor.
tire-charge, m., (mountain art.) loop (of a cartridge
box).
tire-clou, m., nail drawer, nail extractor.
tiredevant! tire avant! pull ahead! (boats).
tire-douilles, m. v., tire-cartouche.
tire-etoupe,tn., packing screw.
tire-etoupilles, m., (art.) primer extractor.
tire-feu, m., (art.) lanyard;
cordon , lanyard;
cordon & olives, a olives, slide lanyard.
tire-foin, m., (art.) gun worm: wad hook (obs.).
tire-fond, m., eyebolt, long wood screw, sort of
screw bolt; screw ring; cooper's turrel; (r. r.)
screw used to fasten chairs to crossties.
tirefonner, v. a., to fasten or secure by an oyebolt,
wood screw, etc.
tire-fusee(s), m., (art.) fuse extractor, fuse engine
(wooden fuses, obs.).
tire-gai'gousse, m., (art.) cartridge worm.
tire-joint, m., mason's smoothing tool.
tire-laine, m., (fond.) implement for withdrawing
plugs from molds.
tire-ligne, m., ruler; right-line pen.
tire-obturateur, m., (art.) obturator extractor
(for removing a Broadwell ring).
tire-obus, m., (art.) sort of shell hook.
tire-plomb, m., glazier's vise.
tire-pioyer, v. a., to unload, discharge, put in
order.
tire-racine, driver, punch.
tirer, v. a. n., to draw, pull, pull on, ptill out; to
haul, drag; to tow; to tighten, stretch; to import,
get, obtain, reap, gather, derive, extract;
to tap, draw ofi; to extricate, deliver; to trace,
delineate; to draw upon (a correspondent); to
print, run off (so many copies of a book, etc.);
to dig (a canal); to draw (of a chimney, a furnace);
(met.) to draw (tubes, etc.); (nav.) to
draw (so many feet); (mil.) to trace, throw up
(an intrenchment); to draw lots for sendee; to
serve; (of firearms in general) to fire, fire off,
discharge; to fire at; to go off, be discharged;
(fenc.) to fence;
&, (art., sm. a.) to iise such and such (a
charge); to be fired with such and such a
charge;
sur affut, (sm. a.) to fire from a rest;
en I'air, (sm. a.) to fire in the air;
sur appui, (sm. a.) to fire from a rest;
des, les, armes, (fenc.) to fence;
des armestifeu, to shoot;
dans (hors) les armes. (fenc.) to thrust on the
left (right) side of the adversary's blade;
sous (sur) Us armes, (fenc,) to thrust under
(over) the adversary's arm;
& balle(s), (sm. a.) to fire ball cartridge;
d barbette, (art.) to fire in barbette;
en belle, (nav. art.) to hull a ship;
bien, to be a good shot;
&, en, blanc, to fire blank cartridges;
au blanc, v. au but;
&, des, boulets, (art.) to fire projectiles;
& boulets rouges, (art.) to fire red-hot shot
(obs.);
& bout portant, (ball.) to fire point-blank;