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torchon 458 torsion
torchon, m., rubber, duster, rags; twist of straw
under stones (to protect the edges);
se donner un , se rafralchir d'un coup de ,
(mil. stony) to fight a duel with swords;
serviette, rubbing-down cloth (for horses).
tordage, m., twisting, twist.
tord-boyaux, m,, rotgut.
tordeuse, f., (wire-) cable-twisting machine.
tord-nez, m., (hipp.) horse twist.
tordoir, m., (met.) stamping mill, ore crusher.
tord-oreille, m., (hipp.) ear twist.
tordre, y. a., (cord., etc.) to twist; (fort.) to twist
l! en garochoir, (cord. ) to twist (a rope the wrong
way);
de main torse, (cord.) to twist (a rope the
wrong way).
tore, m., torus; (art.) small semicircular molding
011 guns.
tornade, f., tornado.
tornado, m., tornado.
toroii, m., (cord.) strand (must contain not fewer
than six yarns);
strand;
cordageh
commis ft. droite (gauche),
s casses, stranded rope;
hawser- (cable-) laid
en , hawser-laid;
intervalles des s, v. s. v. intervalle.
toronnage, m., (cord.) formation of strands from
yarn ;
par ourdissage, formation of strands by warping;
au tube, v. tirage au .
torpedo, m., (mil.) torpedo (rare, usually torpille,
q. v.);
h demeure, fixed torpedo;
flottant, drifting torpedo.
torpille, f., (mil., nav.) torpedo; ground, land, torpedo;
mine:
ft aiguille, v, divergente;
automatique, self-acting torpedo, automatic
torpedo, clockwork (land) torpedo; contact
mine;
automatiquc-electrique, electric-contact mine
(firing battery in mooring weight);
- automatique & fusee chimique (mecanique),
contact mine with chemical (mechanical) fuse;
automobile, automotrice, automobile torpedo;
locomotive torpedo;
barrage de , barrage, frame torpedo;
louee 1 bouee, bouyant torpedo;
boulet , v. boulet-torpille;
carcasse de -
, mine case ;
champ (seme) de s, mine field;
chapelet de s, line of mines;
de contact, contact torpedo;
contre , countermine;
defensive, defensive torpedo;
derivante, drifting torpedo;
derivante de sillage, drifting torpedo let go
astern;
derivante de traine, drifting torpedo towed
astern;
dirigeabte,, dirigible torpedo;
divergente, towing torpedo;
dormante, ground mine; bottom, ground, torpedo
(submarine mine);
dormante electrique, observation ground mine;
dormante a ferme circuit flottant, ground mine
with floating circuit closer;
dormante defond fixed
; ground mine;
dormante mouillee, fixed anchored mine ;
ft double interruption, v. electro-automatique;
de drag(u)age, creeping mine;
electrique, electrique a simple interruption,
observation mine;
electro-