A French-English Military Dictionary - Sturmpanzer.com

10ten r 555 non-percussion
jnoteur en V, V -motor;
vertical , vertical motor.
fi volant exterieur, motor with exterior flywheel;
- fi volant inter ieur, motor with interior flywheol.
motocycle, m., (auto.) any automobile vehicle not
exceeding 200 kg. in weight (a tricycle).
motocyclette, L, (auto.) motorcycle.
motocyclisme, m., (auto.) motorcycling.
xnotoeycliste, m., motorcyclist.
motodrome, m., (auto.) motor race track.
motopropulseur, in., (aero., etc.), (propelling)
motor.
motoristc, m., (auto.) chauffeur.
mototricycle, m., (auto.) tricar.
mou, a., soft; (aero.) logy, sluggish.
mouchard, m., spy.
moufle, f., muffle (thick glove).
mouiilage, m., anchoring, anchorage; (mach.)
priming (as of a piston-rod, of a pump) ;
ligne de , (pont.) anchoring line, line of
anchors.
mouUler, v. t., (mach.) to wet, prime (a pistonrod,
a pump).
nacelle, f., skiff; (aero.) car, basket, (dirigibles,
sphericals, and sometimes, but seldom, airplanes);
de reconnaissance, (aero.) (in Zeppelins, car
that may be let down for observation purposes)
x observation car.
nappe, f., sheet;
de fils, sheet of telephone wires.
navet,m., turnip.
navire, m., ship;
aerien, (aero.) airship, balloon;
brise-glace, (nav.) ice breaker;
renfloueur, (nav.) wrecking vessel, wrecker;
de plongee, (nav.) generic term for submarine;
poseur de mines, (art., nav.) mine planter.
navire-gigogne, m., (nav. aero.) mother ship,
hangar ship.
nervure, f., rib; (aero.) rib (of a wing).
de guidage, (mach. gun.) guide-rib.
nettoyage, m., cleaning, cleansing; (mil.) cleaning
up, "mopping" up, of trenches (comprising:
(a) destruction of parties of the enemy that continue
the defense; (b) cleaning up properly so
called, steps to make sure that no enemy are
left in the trenches);
des tranchees, (mil.) neutralization or removal
of remanent gases in the trenches after a gas
? " "
attack ; mopping up of a trench (i. e., making
, sure than no enemy is left);
par le vide, vacuum cleaning.
nettoyer, v. t., to clean; (mil.) (to-day) to clean
a trench (of its hostile occupants, make sure
that none are left);
une trancMe, (mil.) to "mop up" a trench;
par le vide, to clean by the vacuum process.
nettoyeur, m., (mil.) trench cleaner;
de tranchee, (mil.) trench-" mopper."
neutralite, f., neutrality; (in some relations) free
from personal comment.
neutre, a., neuter; neutral; (in some relations) free
from personal opinion, unvarnished.
nez, m., nose, lug of a key (clavette);
& , at the closest possible quarters.
niche, f., niche, recess;
a charge, (trench art.) powder recess;
h grenades, (mil.) grenade recess (in a trench);
de guetteur, v. poste de guetteur;
de tireur, (mil?) rifleman's pit (recess in a
trench);
1ST.
mouilleur, TO.., de mines, (art., nav.) mine
planter.
moulln, m.,mill; (aero, slang) motor engine.
& cafe, (mil. slang) machine gun.
moulinet, m., reel; air fan ;
JRenard, (aero.) apparatus for testing the
power of a motor.
moustiquaire, m., mosquito bar, net.
mouvemente, a., (top.) broken, accidented;
pays , (top.) broken country.
moyeu, m., hub;
artillerie, artillery hub (typo of wheel);
& Miles, ball-bearing hub;
patent, (auto.) patent hub (motor).
multiplication, f., gear-ratio.
multiplier, v. t., (mach.) to multiply, to gear up to.
munition, f., (mil.) in pi., ammunition; supplies,
stores;
s de salut, (art.) saluting ammunition.
musfie, m., museum;
de Varmee, the army maseum at Paris.
musette, f., bag, pouch;
& cartouches, (sm. a.) cartridge pouch;
& vivres, (mil.) ration pouch.
mutuality, f., mutuality (esp. of insurance);
la militaire, (mil.) army mutual relief or other
benevolent association.
nid, m.. nest;
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d'abeilles, (mach.) honeycomb radiator;
d'abeilles acoustique, ''honeycomb" m
phone;
d'artillerie, artillery "nest;"
de batteries, (mil.) group of batteries, close
together;
de bombes, (mil.) bomb catcher;
de mitrailleuses, (mil.) group of machine guns;
d'obus, (mil.) shell catcher;
de resistance, (mil.) focus of resistance.
nifflette, f., head cold (pigeons).
niolo, f., (mil. slang) brandy (the same as gniole,
gndle, but a better spelling).
niveau, m., (inst. and in gen.)
& buue, spirit level;
de hausse, (art.) cross level;
d'inclinaison, (art.)
cross level;
de reperage, (mil.) registration clinometer,
or level;
de site, (art.) angle of site level;
de tir, (art.) firing level (for setting the angle
of site);
& totalisation automatique, (art.) integrating
level (155 C.T.R.).
nocif, a., hurtful, noxious.
noeud, m., knot;
double fixe, double bowline;
d'intensite de courant, (elec.) current node;
dejoiiction, generic term for any knot joining
two ropes end to end;
de votes fences, (r. r.) railway junction.
noir, a., black; m., black (substance, color);
de rafflnerie, bone black.
noix, f., nut; (mach., etc.) stud.
nombre, m., quorum;
ne pas &tre en not to have a , quorum;
se trouver en , to have a quorum.
nomenclature, f . nomenclature , ;
list ol
H I, (Fr. a.) nomenclature and price
clothing and camp equipage.
non-ecretement, m., (art.) (of fire) close passage
over a mask or cover.
non-entree, f., en batterie, (art.) failure of gun ta
return to battery;
non-observatioiij f., failure to observe, (art.) the
iall of a shot.
non-percussion, f., (ins. a., mach. gun.) nonpercussion.