A French-English Military Dictionary - Sturmpanzer.com

feu 542 force
feu, direction du , (art.) fire direction (by the
major) ;
de discipline, (inf.) salvo firing (impossible
without discipline);
eclairant, (artif.) light composition;
$tre en , to be on fire; (fig.) to be up, in revolt,
in rebellion;
marcher dans le , (mil.) of an infantry attack,
to follow its own artillery fire (tir de barrage);
mettre en (explo., min.) to explode;
nu, naked flame;
pilote, (artif.) parachute flare;
x de position, (mil.) position lights (e. g.,
Bengal lights); (nav., aero.) running lights;
prendre sous le , (art.) to take under fire;
de surprise, (inf.) surprise fire (fire at will
under the form of a sudden and intense blast
or gust).
feuffle, f., leaf;
de cakul, computation sheet;
s de chene, (lit. oak leaves}insigna of a general
officer, oak-leaf embroidery on his uniform;
de deplacement, (mil.) travel order;
descente en morte, (aero.) dead leaf (fall like
that of a dead leaf);
rectificative, correction sheet;
dt retouche, (mil. min.) addition sheet (of
tracing cloth) progression sheet (of a map or
chart),
fcut re, m., felt;
graisseur, grease pad.
fiacre, m., cab;
automobile., taxi.
fibre, f., fiber;
de bois, wood fiber.
fiche, f., card (of a card system); (more generally)
memorandum (such as can be written on such
a card); (elec.) jack, jackknife;
nominative, sort of identification or registry
card (e. g., to be filled out before using a library,
oto V
d'objectifs, (mil.) descriptive card of objectives
(noted by aviation);
de renseignements, (art.) information cards;
de surete, (elec.) plug switch.
fil, m., wire, thread;
adducteur, (elec.) leading-in wire;
d'allumage, (elec.) igniting wire;
d'Ariane, (aero.) plane indicator (balloon
above clouds, indicates the vertical plane in
which the balloon is moving at the moment of
observation);
an ache-clous, v. arracfie-clous;
bi-metallique, (elec.) double conductor wire:
de basse tension, (elec.) low tension wire;
de conversation, (mil. telephone) conversation
wire;
au double , (elec. mil.) equipped with return
wire;
emaille. (elec.) enamel wire;
defer, (mil. slang) a thin man;
defer barbele, (mil., etc.) barbed wire;
defer ronce, (mil.) barbed wire;
ferme-circuit, (mil.) firing wire;
de haute tension, (elec.) high tension wire;
isole, (elec.) insulated wire; (mil.) tripping
wire;
de masse, (elec.) ground wire;
primaire, (elec.) primary coil wire;
ramasse-douilles, (mil. aero.) shell catcher;
de reglage, (mil, telephone) firea djustment
wire;
de secours, (mil. telephone) rescue wire (communicates
with captive balloon);
special, (teleg.) private wire;
de terre, (elec.) ground wire;
volant, (elec.) small (temporary) testing wirefilet,
m., net; (r. r.) luggage rack (over seats);
protecteur, (nav.) torpedo net.
filet-nasse, m., (nav.) sort of flexible net to pocket
a torpedo.
fille, f., girl, daughter;
publique, prostitute.
filtrate, m., (/am. mil.) "sifting" through (as, the
edge of a wood).
flltre, m., strainer;
& I'amiante, asbestos filter;
de compagnie, (mil.) company filter;
mecanique, mechanical filter;
b (au) sable, sand filter;
en terre, earth filter.
flitter, v. n., (Jam. mil.) to "sift" (as the edge of a
wood).
finesse, f., delicacy;
d'un avion, (aero.) ratio of lift to drift coefficients.
flni, a., finite.
flrme, f., (com.) firm name.
flxe-vitre, a., m., (mil.) glass holder, eyepiece
holder, (of a gas mask);
rondelle , glass holder of a gas mask.
flambage,m., (art.) warming, scaling; (cons.) yielding
(as, a strut to pressure);
charge de , (art.) warming charge.
flamber, v. n., to give way, to yield (as a strut, to
pressure).
flamme, f., flame; pennon;
de signalisation, (sig.) signaling flag.
flammenwerfer, m., (mil.) flame projector (German
word and invention).
fianc-garde, m., (mil.) flanker;
fixe, stationary flanker;
mobile, mobile flanker (marches parallel to
the column).
flasque, m., bracket, support; flange; (mach. gun)
side plate;
demanivelle, (mach.) crank arm;
de moyeu, boss support.
fle die, f . , arrow; (art. ) split-trail hah"; (aero. ) camber ;
attelage en . spike team;
atteler en . to hitch up spikewise;
en , (mil.) ahead of the line (said, e.g., of a
battalion in line, with one company out ahead);
d' orientation, north and south arrow (on
maps), meridian.
se placer en to place one's self ahead (e. g.. of
the line);
telescopique, (mach. gun) telescoping trail.
flechette, f., (aero.) aerial arrow.
flechols, m., (Fr. a.) graduate of the Prytanee
Militaire de la Fleche.
fleurage, m., bran (of grits, also of potatoes).
fleuret, m., (fenc.) foil;
faire du , (fenc.) to fence with the foil.
flexible, a., flexible; m., (any) flexible tube or pipe;
flexible tubing manifold.
flingot, m., (mil. slang) gun, rifle.
flingue, m., (mil. slang) infantry rifle,
floe on, m., flake;
defumee, puff of smoke.
flottard, a., (unif., etc.) absurdly loose,
flotte, f., (at>.> fleet;
de la metropole, home fleet.
flottement, m., wabbling (as of a wheel).
flotteur, m., (aero.) float of a hydroplane; (mach.)
carbureter float;
en catamaran, (aero.) catamaran float;
& redan, (aero.) stepped float.
foin, m., hay;
presse, compressed hay.
folie, f., folly;
to du nombre, craze or mania for large standing
armies.
fond, bottom;
de course, (mach.) bottom of the stroke.
fonde, p. p., (offonder, to establish, found);
de pouvoir, clothed with authority.
foiids, m., (top.) swale.
fonte, f.j (met.) cast iron;
acie'ree, semisteel;
moulee, cast iron.
force, f., force;
ascensionnette, (aero. ) the lifting power of a gas;