A French-English Military Dictionary - Sturmpanzer.com

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panneau d' Identification, (mil.) identification
panel (for signaling position to a balloon or air
plane);
dejalonnement, (Fr. a.) location panel;
persienne, (aero.) (sort of shutter white on
one side, neutral on other, operated by a
string pull); window shutter panel;
de signalisation, (sig.) signaling panel or
disk;
de visite, (aero.) inspection panel.
pansement, m., (med.) dressing;
place de, (med.) dressing station;
station de , (med.) dressing station.
panstfirfcoscope, (m., inst.) panstereoscope (admits,
among other things, of the immediate
examination of ordinary photographs).
pantalon, m., trousers;
basanl, & basanes, (unif.) spatterdash
trousers;
d brayctte, trousers opening in front.
pantoufler, v. n., (mil. slang) to resign from the
army ( Polytechnique and Fontainebleau).
paperasse, f., in pi., useless papers; (hence) red
tape.
paperassier, m., paper man, scribbler, slave to red
tape.
papier, m., paper;
carbone, carbon paper;
d'etain, tinfoil;
& etoupilles, primer paper.
papillon, m., butterfly; leaflet; (mach.) wing nut.
paquebot, m., packet boat; (mil. slang) ambulance
(wagon).
paquet, m., package;
petit , (mil.) small body, small detachment of,
troops.
paquetage, m., (mil.) packing; the pack itself;
de campagne, field pack.
paradis, m., paradise; (St. Cyr slang) the hospital.
parafeux, m., (art.) flareback preventer.
parafoudre,
safety gap.
m., (elec.) spark arrester; (mach.)
parage, m., regions (usually in plural).
parallele, f., (mil.) parallel ;m., parallel of latitude
d'attaque, (mil.) parallel from which an
attack develops, or is made;
de contact, (aero.) (the parallel at which the
net leaves the balloon) contact parallel;
de depart, (mil.) trench, parallel, from which
an assault is made.
paralieiisme, m., parallelism; (art.) having the
same elevation and deflection allowance (said
of two pieces, heavy artillery, in ranging).
parapluie, m., umbrella; (art.) hood (part of shield
over gun, 155 C. S.).
pare, n>., park; (mil.) train;
aerostatique, (mil. aero.) balloon park or establishment
;
d' ascensions, (aero.) ascension field;
automobile, (mil.) truck train (balloon company);
bfoutrage (mil.) forage park or corral;
grand automobile de reserve, (Fr. a.) mechanical
transport base;
hippomobile, (mil.) horse-drawn train (balloon
company);
maritime (aero.) dirigible port;
mobile, (art.) v. - & munitions;
& munitions, (art.) expense magazine (railway
artillery);
sur rails, (Fr. a., r.r.,eng.) traveling park (for
railway engineer troops);
- sur route, ( Fr. a., r. r., eng.) road park (engineer
park, kept to be sent through a first
breach).
aux tubes, (mil. aero.) gas-cylinder train (balloon
company);
parclose, f., front seat (of an auto, etc.).
pare-boue, m., (auto.) mudguard.
pare-brise, m., (auto, aero.) wind screen.
pare-bralt, m., (elec.) silencer.
pare-a-crotte, m..mudguard (said of a spur so put
on as to keep the trousers off the ground).
pare-crotte, m., mud guard.
pare-e'clats, m., (mil.) splinter proof (in a trench).
pare-grenades, m., (mil.) grenade stop.
pare-pluie, m., (mil.) rain guard (of a gas mask).
pare-poussiere, m., dust guard (of a motor car).
parer, v. t., to prepare;
lefrein, (art.) to fill a recoil cylinder.
parlement, m., Parliament; (in France) the Senate
and Chamber of Deputies.
parlemeiitarisme, m., parliamentary custom, etiquette;
"senatorial courtesy" (U. S.).
parquet, m., (law, mil. law) court officials.
partle, f., part;
pleine, (art., sm. a.) land (of a rifled tube or
barrel) ;
prendre & , to take in hand.
pas, m., step; (mach.) pitch of a propeller, of a
screw; (in a roller chain) pitch (distance between
axes of adjacent rollers);
de flexion, (mil.) pace in the marche de flexion:
de parade, (mil.) the parademarsch of the Germans.
passage, m., passage;
de lignes, (mil.) passage of or through the
assaulting battalions by the reserve battalions
(in an attack).
passager, m., passenger (in a ship).
passe-montagne, m., mountain climber's hood
(adopted by aviators); knitted woolen helmet.
, v. n., (mil.) to be promoted; v. t., (adm.)
to make a contract; (mil.) to turn over (as, the
command);
capitaine, colonel, to become, to be promoted,
captain, colonel;
sous la protection de Mme Ve Berger-LevrauU,
(mil. slang) to be promoted by seniority (see
annuaire; this book is published by the house
of Berger-Levrault, of which at one time Mm
Berger-Levrault was the head).
;passerelle, f ., (mil.) small portable bridge for crossing
trenches.
pastille, f., repairing patch (pneumatic tire);
d'allumage, (art., expl.) black powder priming
charge;
incendiaire, (mil.) incendiary tablet (to set
houses, etc., on fire; German);
microtelephonique, (elec.) carbon disk (of a
microtelephone) .
patge, f ., pigeon milk.
patin, m., spring seat or plate; (aero.) runner, skid,
landing skid; (mach., etc.) shoe; ( Fr. art.) brakeshoe
of the 75 mm. gun;
d'appui. (art. ) supporting slide;
de glissiere, (aero.) axle guide bearing;
porte-auto, trestle (to take the weight of a
motor car off the tires);
de queue, (aero.) tail skid.
patinage, m., (mach.) advance, slipping, skidding;
(aero.) skid, runner.
patiner, v. n., (mach.) to turn, work without advancing;
to skid.
patron, m., patron, master; (mil. slang) the captain.
patrouille, f., (mil.) patrol; (aero.) air patrol;
de- contact, contact patrol.
patte, f., claw, foot;
d'attache, catch, fastening;
d'epaule, (unif.) the shoulder part proper of
an epaulet;
d'epaulctte, (unif.) v. d'epiule;
de parement, (unif.) band, patch (forming
part of facings);
s de raccordement, mortise and tenon (metal).
pavilion, m., sort of funnel; rigid top of an open
carriage, motor car, etc.
pavoiser, v. a., to dress, decorate, a building, a
street, etc.