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allon 516 bailment
ballon ramener un , to bring down a balloon;
de siege, (Fr. a.) siege balloon (750 cub. m.,
captive ascensions);
souple, (aero.) flexible balloon (as distinguished
from one that has a frame);
spherique, (aero.) spherical balloon.
ballon-ecole, m., (aero.) instruction balloon.
ballonet, m., (aero.) air bag;
a air, ballonet;
d' empennage, stabilizing ballonet.
ballonner, v. n., to bulge.
ballon-sonde, m., exploring balloon to get atmospheric
records, ballon-sonde.
ballonnet, m., (areo.) ballonet;
compensateur, ballonet.
ballot, in., bale; (mil. slang) heavy, dull man.
baluchon, m., (eng.) dredge-bucket, excavatorbucket
or shovel; (mil. min.) miner's bucket,
(sometimes spelled balluchon).
bandage, m., band; (auto.) tire, shoe;
caoutchouc plein, solid rubber tire;
creux, pneumatic tire;
,
plcin, solid tire.
bande, f , band, newspaper wrapper (usually a narrow
strip of paper in France); (mil.) cartridge
belt (for machine gun); (auto.) tire, shoe; (med.)
bandage;
h alveole, (mil.) sort of bandoleer;
de conlrole (Fr. adm.) internal revenue stamp
(U.S.);
crcuse, (auto.) pneumatic tire;
erreur de v. s. , v., erreur;
s lunettes, (auto.) double tires;
ti maillons metalliques, (mach. gun) metal belt
or band;
mctallique, (mach. gun) metallic feed strip;
de mitrailleuse en toile, (mach. gun) cam
feed belt or band;
moUetiere, (unif.) puttee;
plcine, (auto.) solid tire;
porte-cartouches, (mach. gun) cartridge belt;
retour de , (mach. gun) back feed, reverse feed;
de roulement, (auto.) shoe, tread (of a tire);
rigide, (mach. gun) feed strip;
simple, (auto.) smele tire.
en toile, (mack, gun) canvas ammunition belt.
bandeau, m., (unif.) band of a forage cap.
bande-chargeur,f., (mil.) cartridge bolt (machine
gun).
bande, m., compression (of a spring).
bander, v. t., (med.) to bandage.
banquette, f., seat, carriage seat (no intermediate
arms); (art.) gunner's seat;
de pointeur, (r. r. art.) gunner's platform;
de relais, (siege} relay bank;
de tir, (mil.) firing step (in trenches).
bapteTne, m., baptism;
de promotion, {mil.) graduation dinner or
festival.
baquet, m., bucket seat (motor car);
pit.
baraque, f., wooden hut.
(aero.) cock-
baraquement, m., (mil.) hut (i. e., small wooden
house).
barbaque, m., (mil. slang) poor meat.
barbe, f., beard; a shave.
vieilles s, (/am.) old soldiers.
barbotage, m., dipping, splash,
part
(as mach., of a
in oil).
barbotine, f., sort of paste or cement (will pour).
barda, m., (mil slang) pack.
bardage, m .
, moving, loading (with a barrow, bard);
pince de , sluing bar.
barillet, m., (mach. gun) feed drum;
doigts de feed drum , fingers;
& ressort, spring drum.
barographe, m., (aero., inst.) barograph.
baro-thermoinfctre,
mometer;
m., barometer and ther-
baro-thermomStre, entcgistrcur, (aero.) self-recording
baro-thermometer.
barrage, m., line of men forming a "hedge" in a
street (e. g., gendarmes); line of men (to stop an
entrance, block a road, etc.); (fort.) covering or
restraining works, e. g., to allow mobilization,
to cover an advance, etc.; (mil.) curtain of fire
(artillery, grenades);
ae.rien, (aero.) airplane barrage (constituted
by airplanes themselves);
d'ag'ents, line of police;
defeu, (mil.) line of fires lighted to neutralize
a gas attack;
.
fixe, (art.) stationary barrage or curtain fire;
mobile, (art.) moving barrage or curl am fire
(used to assist attacks by infantry);
normal, (art.) normal "barrage (battery per
target);
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ouvrage de, (fort.) covering work or fort (e. g.,
during mobilization);
r enforce, (art. ) reenforced barrage (two or more
batteries on same target);
toile de, (mil.) specially prepared cloth to exclude
gases from shelters, bombproofs, etc.
in a gas attack.
barre, f., bar; tidal bore;
d'accouplement, (mach.) drag link; (auto.),
tiebar, crossbar (front axle);
d' attelage, (r. r.) drawbar;
-de connexion, (auto.) v. d'accouplement!
de direction, (mack.) drag link; (motor car);
d'enlcvage, (trench art.) lifting bar;
franche, (nav.) tiller; (mach.) steering bar;
(motorcar);
de portage, (trench art.) carrying bar (240
C. T. mortar);
de tirage, (mach.) tension rod, pull bar,
(motorcar);
de tension, v. dc tirage.
barreau, m., grate bar;
de manoeuvre, (trench art.) hand spike.
barre-entretoise, f., (trench art.) bar-transom
(240 C. T. truck).
barrette, f.. oar;
de mcntonnet, (mach. gun) trigger bar.
barretter, m., (wireless) barretter.
barreur, m., (nav.) helmsman.
barricade, f., (mil. min.) tamping mask.
basane, f., sheepskin; (mil. slang) cavalry.
bascule, f., (art., mach.) rocking piece.
basculeur, m., (mach.) rocking lever, tappet lever.
base, f., base (in many relations);
de depart, (top) primary base.
bassaing,m., plank 65mm. thick, and 22-25 cm.
wide.
bat, m., pack, pack saddle;
de mitrailleuse, (mach. gun) gun pack;
de munitions (mach. gun) ammunition pack.
bat d'Af, (mil. slang) an abbreviation of bataillon
d'Afrique, q. v.
bataillon, m., (mil.) battalion;
d'Afrique. v.;
d'infanttne legere d'A frique;
associi, linked battalion (British Army) ;
formant corps, independent battalion.
bataillonneux, m., (mil.) soldier belonging to a
bataillon d'Afrique, q. v.
bateau, m., boat;
& tubes, side wheeler ;
dmoteur, motor boat;
omnibus, Seine passenger boat;
poseur de cables, (nav.) cable ship;
sousmarin, (nav.) submarine;
submersible, (nav.) submersible boat.
bateau-glisseur, m., (aero. ) hydroplane.
bati, m., (aero.) supporting frame of an airplane (for
weight of pilot, motor, etc.).
bailment, m. , building, (nav.) ship;
amiral, (nav.) flagship;
hydrographe, (hydr.) coast-survey ship;
ravitailleur , (nav.) tender, storeship:
de servitude, (nav.) generic term for harbor
boats, such as ice, mail, water, etc., boats.