A French-English Military Dictionary - Sturmpanzer.com

coureur 531 crocodile
coureur 5 doubles, (Fr. a.) double runners (for
messages);
poste de s, ( Fr. a) runners' stations (2 or 3
runners).
courir, v. n., to run;
apres Us projectiles, (mil.) to follow, run after,
one's barrage fire.
couronne, f., crown; (mach.) crown, crown wheel;
d'agrafage, (trench art) locking ring (240 L T).
d'appui et d'agrafage, (trench art.) base ring
(240 CT mortar);
de chaine, (modi.) sprocket wheel;
de corde. (cord) strap;
dentee, (mach.) gear wheel;
a denture externe, (mach.) external gear;
& denture interne, (mach.) internal gear;
gradric, (mach. gun) gas-vent ring, pressure
regulator;
regulateur d'echappement, v. s. T., echappement:
de rmilement, (art.) roller path;
des satellites, (mach.) intermediate pinions,
planetary gear, circle.
couronne, a., crowned;
Grand de Nancy, range of hills around Nancy.
courormement, m., (mil.) top (of a parapet).
courrler, m., (adm.) mail, letters, post;
descendant, (mil.) mail going to the army
(in the field);
montant, (mil.) mail coming from the army
(in the field);
retour du , return mail.
courrier-conducteur, m., (mil.) mail carrier,
courroie, f., strap;
de portage, carrying strap, sling;
de suspension, (sm. a.) revolver strap.
cours, m., (com.) market price.
course, f., (aero.) trip, excursion;
de
outj (aero.) trip whose purpose
it is to
reach a given point;
de haies, (sport.) hurdle race;
de longueur, (aero.) (trip to test staying
powers of the balloon); endurance trip;
de relais, (sport.) relay race. .
courtage, m., (com.) brokerage.
court-circuit, m., (elec.) short circuit.
court-circuiter, v. t., (elec.) to short circuit.
courtier, m., broker;
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d 'assurances, insurance agent, broker;
s inierpr&tes et conducteurs de navires, ship
brokers;
libre inscrit, registered merchandise broker;
de merchandises, merchandise broker;
non inscrit, unregistered broker.
coussinet, m., (mach.) bearing, bushing;
bague, strap bearing, bushing, or brass;
lisse, unlined bushing (no antifriction metal);
- smooth, plain bushing (no ball bearings or
rollers);
& rouleaux, roller bearing.;
spherique, spherical ball bearing.
eouteau, m., knife; primary (feather);
de monteur, electrician's knife;
de tranchee, (mil.) trench knife.
couture, f., (nav.) seam (of a deck).
couvage, m.. sitting (on eggs).
couvee, f ., hatching.
couvcr, v. t., to sit (on eggs), incubate, hatch.
couvercle, m., (art.) door (of a limber, caisson,
chest .1;
couvert, a., overcast, cloudy;
temps , cloudy weather.
couverture, f., cover; (art.) operations of covering
(e. g., flanks,) by artillery fire.
de campement, ( Fr. a.) field blanket;
grandes s, wing coverts;
manoeuvres de , (mil.) covering operations or
maneuvers by troupes de couverture, q. v.
petit es s, lesser coverts (whig);
couvre-appareil, m., cover, hood.
couvre-bouton, m., safe (as of a bouton double).
couvre-kfipi, m., (unif.) cap cover.
couvre-percuteur, m., (art.) striker cover.
couvre-selle, m., (harn.) housing, saddle cover,
eouvre-souziape, m., (mach.) valve cover, valve
hood.
couvrir, v. t., (pont.) to deck, to lay chess.
crabe, m., crab;
marcher en , (aero.) to go sideways.
eran, m., notch; (mil. slang) day's confinement;
d'arme, (sm. a.) cocking notch.
crapoaillot, m., (mil. slang) trench mortar, (diminutive
of crapaud, toad; sometimes spelled
crapouillaud).
cratlcule, f., graticule.
craticulation, f., graticulation.
craticuler, v. t., to graticulate.
cravate, f., cravat;
de commandeur de la Leqion d'honneur, neck
ribbon of this grade of the Legion of Honor,
cravater, v. t., to put on a (neck) tie;
de chanvre, (Jam.) to hang;
de crepe, (mil.) to put the colors in mourning.
crayon, m., pencil; (elec., gen.) carbon; (art.) distance
piecd (of a fuse) ;
anti-buee, (mil.) (pencil of composition to
prevent formation of mist on lenses of gas
masks); anti-mist pencil;
& copier, copying pencil;
de couleur, colored pencil;
des etats-majors , a pencil with a scale on it.
crfcche, f., manger; (mil. slang) shelter (intrenches).
credit, m., (adm.) appropriation;
s extraordinaircs, urgent appropriation;
* legistatifs, appropriation made by the legislature;
ministeriel, (Fr. adm.) allotment of public
funds made by a minister to his subordinates;
s supplementaires, deficiency appropriation.
cremaillere, f., (mach., etc.) rack;
de pomtage, (trench art.) elevating rack.
creneau, m., (mil.) loophole;
decouvert, (notch or groove in top of parapet
and not perpendicular to the crest) open firing
notch.
crtpuscule, m., twilight.
crevaison, f., puncture (pneumatic tire).
crever, v. t. n., to burst, to puncture,
eric, m., rack and pinion jack;
& galet , roller jack.
criininel, a., m., criminal;
au , (law) in criminal cases.
crin, m., hair (mane and tail);
vegetal, vegetable fiber.
crise 9 f., crisis;
ministerielle, disagreement between responsible
ministers and parliament, parliamentary
crisis.
crissement, m., grating, grinding noise,
crisser, v. n., to grate, to grind.
critique, f., (mil.) review, summary , and criticism
of operations after maneuvers or exercises.
crochet, m., hook; rim-flange of an automobile
wheel;
d'arrlt de chargeur (mach. gun) magazine
catch;
& arretoir, (art.) pawl, catch;
d'assemblage, (mil.) coupling hook (assemblage
of corrugated iron plates for shelters);
commutateur, (telephone) hook switch;
de cycliste, trouser clip;
de portage, carrying ho9k,
bale hook;
de retenue, (art.) retaining hook;
de traction, traction hook.
crochet-lyre, m., (trench art.) lyre-shaped hook
(240 L. T.).
crocodile, m., crocodile; (mil.) (wheeled apparatus
for conveying an elongated charge into wire entanglements
of enemy, and then exploding it)
crocodile.