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troupe 472 tube
troupe(s) {['operations, field troops, or troops
belonging to a regular field army (as distinguished
from troops assigned to a fortified
position; said whenever latter happen to be in
theater of operations);
s it pied, foot troops ;
s de premiere ligne, in an investment, the
sentinels, outposts, etc., of the attack;
5 rcglces, instructed, disciplined, troops;
regular troops;
s de reUvement, relief, relieving, troops, (in
s de'secteur, (siege) troops assigned to a sector
of the defense of a fortified place (exclusive of
garrisons, of works, and of reserve);
-s de sortie, in a fort, troops for sortie pur-
poses;
s de soutien, supporting forces;
s de surete, troops on security service.
troupeau, m., flock, herd, drove (of animals).
troupier, m., (mil.) familiar term for a soldier;
old n. c. o. advanced to the grade of officer; a.,
soldier-like;
vieux old ,
, campaigner old soldier, veteran.
trousse, f., bundle of things tied together; truss
(of hay, of fodder in general); case (of small
objects, of instruments, of tools, etc.); house-
wife; tail case of a horse; rope for raising moderate
weights; (met.) pile of fagot; set of slitting
cutters; (cav.) roll, valise, carried behind the
saddle; (sm. a.) packet of cartridges; bundle of
steel pieces for the manufacture of a sword
blade;
ft cartouches, (mil.) sack for bringing cartridges
up to line of battle;
de cartouches, (sm. a.) packet of cartridges;
en drap, bundle of rags or of cloth (cleaning
kit);
en behind , (on a horse);
deforets, set of drills, boring bits, etc.;
monter en , (man.) to ride behind.
trousse, p. p., well set, well made;
cheval bien well-made horse.
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trousseau, m., outfit of clothes, etc. (taken by a
student to college); (fond.) spindle of a loam
mold;
de clef, bunch of keys.
trousse-etrier(s), m., v. etriere.
trousse-pas, m., sod-cutter's spade.
trousse-pied, m., (hipp.) leg strap (for refractory
horses).
trousse-queue, m., tail case (for a horse);
de cuir, tail leather.
troussequin, m., mortise gauge; (harn.) cantle of
a saddle, hind peak.
troussequiner, v. a., to mark; to gauge with a
mortise gauge.
trotisser, v. a. n., to tuck up, turn up, tie up; to
dispatch, expedite; (man.) to raise the fore
legs too high (in the trot and walk);
baggage, to pack up;
la queue, to tuck up a horse's tail, put it up
in a tail case.
trousse-traits, m., (harn.) trace strap, tucking
strap.
trouvaille, f., anything found;
droit de , salvage.
trouver, v. a., to find; to come across, light upon;
lefond, to find, get bottom in soundings.
trouveur, m., (inst .) finder (of a telescope).
true, m., truck; (r. r.) flat or open car; (mil. slang
room; military equipment;
& plateau tournant, (Fr. art.) truck with
turning platform;
support, (r. r.) under frame of a locomotive
trucheman, truclieinent, m., interpreter
dragoman.
truelle, f., (mas.) trowel;
brettee, notched trowel.
trueltee, f., trowelful
trueller, v. a., to work with a trowel,
truite, a., (met.) mottled; (hipp.) trout-spotted,
flea-bitten (of the coat); red or reddish patches
on a base of white or gray;
truite-mouchete, (hipp.) trout-spotted (spots reddish
brown or almost black).
;ruiture, f., (hipp.) small reddish spots on a gray
or white coat.
trullisation, f., (mas.) coating, rough dressing,
with a trowel.
trumeau, m... (cons.) pier between window or
door openings; paneling between windows;
(fort.) synonym of merlon.
trune, f., sort of alpine shelter.
trusquin, m., mortise gauge; carpenter's gauge;
(art.) sort of gauge.
trusquiner, v. a., v. troussequiner.
trypographe, m., cyclostyle, using a point instead
of a wheel.
tsar, m., the czar.
tsarine, f., the czarina.
tsarowitz, m., the czarowitz.
tscliako, m., v. schako.
tschapka, m., v. schapska.
tubage, m., (art., etc.) (action of) tubing, insertion
of a tube lining;
fosse de , (art.) shrinkage pit.
tube, m., tube, pipe; (art.) tube; ignition tube (of
* a shrapnel); (F. m. art.) lining tube (usually,
but not always, extending about half way
down the bore from the breech).
I.Artillery ,smallarms; II. Miscellaneous.
I. Artillery, small arms:
en acier, (art.) forging, rough forging;
d'amorcage, priming tube of a cylindre ft
fumee, q. v.;
d' amorce, (art., etc.) priming tube;
arret de piston, (sm. a.) follower stop;
buttoir, (r. f. art.) recoil tube, resistance
tube;
canon, (art.) subcaliber gun; subcaliber
tube;
& canons, (art.) (gun) forging;
de canon, (art.) tube;
carcasse, (torp.) launching frame, launching
tube; under-water torpedo tube;
en caoutchouc, (r. /. art.) rubber shoulder
piece, shoulder buffer;
central, (art.) ignition tube of a shrapnel;
de charge, (art.) loading tube;
de chargement, (art.) loading tube; (mil.
min.) loading tube for a bored mine; (nav.)
ammunition-supply tube (turrets) ;
compost, (art.) built-up tube (gun construction);
de
composition, (art.) fuse; friction tube;
cousstn, (r.f. art.) shoulder piece of rubber;
ft cuiller, (nav.) torpedo tube fitted with a
spoon;
detonant, (mil. min.) detonating tube (for
communicating fire to mine);
directeur, (art.) rocket tube;
ejecteur, (r.f. art.) ejecting tube;
enveloppe, (sm. a.) barrel cover;
d'ctouptlle. (art.) friction-primer tube;
fixe, (torp.) fixed torpedo tube;
fusant, (art.) time train (double-action fuse);
(mil. min.) communicating tube;
ftfusees, (art.) rocket tube;
-jiuide, (sm. a.) guide sleeve;
interieur, (art.) lining tube;
de lancement, (torp.) torpedo tube, torpedolaunching
tube;
de lancement ft Tarriere (I'avant), (torp.) stern
(bow) torpedo tube;
de lancement au dessous (au dessus) de la
flottaison, (torp.) under- (over-) water torpedo
tube;
magasin. (sm. a.) tubular magazine;
de mise de feu, (art.) communicating tube
(of a shrapnel);
ft percussion, percutant, (art.) percussion
primer;
percutant coude, (art.) rectangular percussion
primer;
planchette de chargement, (art.) loading tube
(protects the thread of the breech nut) ;
ii pointage, (torp.) torpedo tube that may be
aimed;