A French-English Military Dictionary - Sturmpanzer.com

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officier de rcnseignements, (mil.) intelligence,
information, officer;
rcviseur, (Fr. a.) officer on duty with the
revision of the map of France;
tclegraphislc, (mil.) telegraph officer;
lelephonistc, (mil.) telephone officer;
de tranchee, (siege) officer of the trenches, in
charge of trenches;
de tranchees, trench officer, (with reference
to construction and organization of a position);
s de troupe, regimental officers, (as distinguished
from brigade and division commanders) ;
un faisant-fonctions d' , an acting-officer;
de voitures, (mil.) officer of the train.
officier-chimiste, m., (Fr. a.) chemical expert
belonging to the ammunition inspection of the
army.
onlcier-filfcve, m., (mil.) an officer who is, or becomes,
a student at a military school, or war
ogive, f., (art., etc.) ogive:
fausse , (art.) noso.
ohmlque, a., (elcc.) ohmic.
olive, f., olive; button, knob;
directrice b roulettes; (mil. min.) roller guide
(of a mine rammer).
omnibus, m., omnibus;
automobile, (auto) autobus.
on, (mil.) in commands, abbreviation of canon.
onde, f . , wave; (cows. ) corrugation (sheet steel , etc. )
de choc, (art.) the shock wave accompanying
a projectile in its flight;
s entretenues, (elec.) sustained, undamped
ondule, a., undulated;
metal , corrugated metal.
opercule, m., (art . and gen.) cover, diaphragm.
or, m., gold;
noir, (fam.) coal (cf. Jiouille blanche).
ordoimance, f., ordinance, disposition; (mil.)
(sometimes) soldier servant;
d' , according to pattern, to model.
pacifisms, m., pacifism.
paciftste, a., m., pacifist, a peace-at-any-price man;
(an antimilitariste is opposed to armies and to
military service; a padfiste, to war).
pageot, m., (mil. slang) hospital bed.
paille, f.' straw;
de couchage, (mil.) bedding straw;
presst'e, compressed straw;
en rame, straw in bundles.
pain, m., bread;
de guerre, (mil.) hard bread;
de pierre, (mil.) hard bread.
pafr, f . , peace;
blanche, a peace that settles nothing.
pajot, m., (mil. slang) hospital bed.
palais, m., palace; Palais Bourbon,' (public building
in Paris, by metonymy) the Chamber of
Deputies;
de I' Elysee, v. Elysee.
pa la 11. m., (con.) tackle;
h chariot, (art.) loading truck, pulley and
tackle.
pale, f., (aero.) propeller blade.
pale, a., pale;
un , (mil. slang) a sick soldier.
palette, f.. pallet, splint; (mil.) priming spring (in
some forms of rifle grenade); (mil.) flap of a
knapsack; (aero.) propeller blade; (elec.) armature
(of a magnet);
de decompression, (mach.) relief valve tappet;
de rupture, (mach.) a synonym of levier de
rupture, q. v.
palier, m., (mach.) thrust block, thrust bearing,
thrust collar;
& bagues, ring-thrust bearing;
ordre, m., order;
d'adieux, (mil.) farewell order;
d'appel, (Fr. a.) order to join, (applied also
to reservists and territorials);
d'eloges, (mil.) order of congratulation, laudatory
order;
du merite agricole, (France) v. s. v., merite;
service d' , v. s. v. service;
de stationncment. (mil.) orders for stations
(at end of march), for outposts.
orelller, m., pillow;
taie d' , pillow slip, pillowcase.
organiser, v. t., to organize;
une tranchee, (mil.) to put a (captured or
other) trench in order, to equip a trench.
orifice, m., hole, orifice;
d'arrivcc, (mach.) admission cock or orifice;
de remplissage, (art.) filling hole (oil cylinders);
de vidange, (mach.) draining orifice or cock.
origine, f., origin;
du tir, (mil.) in grenade throwing, point
from which a grenade is thrown.
ornithoptere, m., (aero.) ornithopter.
orthoptere, m., (aero.) orthopter.
oscillateur, m., (elec., etc.) oscillator, vibrator.
oscillation, f., oscillation;
s amorties, (wireless) damped oscillations.
oscillogramme, m., (elec.) oscillogram.
ossature, f., frame (in many practical relations).
osselet, m., knuckle bone; (mach. gun) knuckle.
ossomite, f., (expl.) a name for emmensite.
ostau, m., (mil. slang) hospital.
ouvrage, m., (fort.) work;
de barrage, restraining or covering work (e.g.,
during mobilization, to cover an advance, etc.).
ovalisation, f., (mach.) ovalisation (of a cylinder,
etc.).
ovaliser, v. t. r., (mach.) to ovalize.
oxylithe, m., substance purifying vitiated air.
palier de butee & bagues, thrust collar, collarthrust
bearing;
de butee d, billes, ball-thrust bearing;
de chaine, sprocket-shaft bearing;
en , on the flat, on the level; (motor car, as
distinguished from hill climbing).
palme, f . , palm ;(Fr.a.) bronze palm branch on the
ribbon of the croix de guerre, granted for a citation
in orders to the army at large; when five
have been obtained, a silver palm is substituted.
palmer, m. , micrometer gauge , micrometer caliper.
palonnier, m., (aero.) rudder bar, control lever;
foot lever; (mach.) compensating bar.
panais, m., parsnip.
panache, m., (unif.) plume; (slang) bluff, play
to the gallery;
faire , (auto.) to turn completely over.
Paname, (mil. s'lang) Pans.
Panbochie, f., (mil. slang) Pan-Germany.
paneterie, f., bread-room; store, supply, of baked
bread.
panier, m., basket;
d pansement, (mil. med.) (basket to carry
dressings) dressing basket;
ft projectile, (art.) shot basket;
de voyage, (pigeons) transfer basket.
panier-repas, m., basket meal.
panne, f., (aero., auto.) breakdown, accident,
trouble.
panneau, m., panel; (aero.) side panel;
de dechirure (aero.) ripping panel;
d, Eclipse, (mil.) disappearing panel;
fixe, (mil.) fixed signal;