A French-English Military Dictionary - Sturmpanzer.com

poignge, f., handle;
de maintien, (mach. gun) handle;
de portage, (trench art.) carrying handle.
poignge-eontact, f., (mack.) contact lever, contact
handle.
poll, m., hair, coat;
ft ras. smooth-haired;
a rude, wire-haired;
sans avoir un retourne, without turning a
hair.
poilu, m., (mil. slang) French soldier, with connotation
of virile qualities (v. bonhomme).
polnjon, m., stamp (punched in, as on a gasoline
tank);
de V octroi, official municipal stamp (on
tanks, etc., of motor cars).
point, m., dot; stop (punctuation); (mil. sig.) dot
(of a code);
d'appui, (mil.) combination of active seg-
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pollcier, m., policeman, police agent.
politique, f., politics, policy;
defermeture, v. d' interdiction;
d' interdiction, policy of exclusion (of foreigners,
etc.).
polochon, m., (mil. slang) bolster (of a hospital
bed).
polyconique, a., polyconic.
polycylindre, m., poly cylinder motor car.
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polylobe,
a., (aero.) polylobed.
polyphase, a., (elec.) polyphase.
polyplace, m., (aero.) "many seater."
Polytechnicienne, f., (Fr. a.) mutual benefit
society made up of graduates of the Polytechnique.
pompe, f., pump; (mil. slang) shoe; theoretical instruction;
ft cylindres independants, double-cylinder
pump, duplex pump;
ft engrcnages, gear pump;
sfunebres, funeral;
ft
gonfler, bicycle pump;
ft graisse, grease pump (lubricating);
ft huile, oil pump (lubricating);
oscillante ft piston, oscillating piston pump;
ft palettes, vane pump;
ft pneu, tire pump, bicycle pump;
ft pression. pressure pump;
ft purin, farmer's pump, (purin, liquid manure);
pondre, v. t., to lay (eggs).
pont, m., bridge; (cwio.)axle (and related parts;
e. g., housing); (r. r. art.) girder (transmits
weight of gun to two trucks); (trench art.) traversing
cross piece;
ayueduc, aqueduct bridge;
arrierc, (auto.) rear live axle (of a cardauic
transmission);
arriere ft cardan transversal, (auto.) roar axle
(wheel shafts directly controlled by cardanic
transmission);
canal, aqueduct bridge;
ft cinquenelle, (pont.) (bridge held by sheer
lines) sheer-line bridge;
de fortune, (pont.) temporary bridge, bridge
built on the spot from local resources;
non oscillant, (auto.) dead axle;
ments, (hence) work, i. e., intrenched position;
d'attache, (aero.) station of a balloon ("home
port," as it were);
de'iix s, colon;
de direction, (mil.) (in an attack, point situated
behind the last assigned objective) direction
point;
d'eau, (mil.) water (well, tank);
d' exclamation, exclamation point;
d' interrogation, interrogation point;
mettre an to "tune , up";
moyen d'eclatement, (art.) mean point of
burst;
de pointage, (art.) aiming point;
de reperage (art.) auxiliary aiming point;
de repere, (art.) registration point;
repere, (art.) registered point;
de
suspenses,
suspension, row of dots
(.punctuation);
et virgule. semicolon;
de visee, (art., sm.a.) point aimed at;
de vitesse, (t. p.) allowance or marks for
rapidity of fire.
pointage, m., (art.) aim;
degrossir le , (art.) to take approximate aim;
au miroir, (art.) laying by reflection;
miroir de . (art.) laying mirror;
plan de , (art.) plane of aim;
rcciproque, (art.) reciprocal laying.
pointe, m., (mil.) dash;
de mineur, (mil. min.) drill.
pointeau, m., (mach.) needle valve; needle of a
float-feed carbureter;
de rcglage, (mach.) needle valve;
ft ressort (mach.) spring needle valve;
ft vis, (mach.) screw needle (to regulate the
spray of an atomizer).
pointer, v. t., (mach., etc.) to mark relative positions
of adjacent parts; (art.) to lay a gun;
au miroir, (art.) to lay by reflection.
pointeur-tireur, m., (trench art.) gunner.
poire, f., bulb.
poireau, m.,leek;
ordre du , (fam.) the ordre du mente agricole,
q. v.
poirot, m., (mil. slang) the commanding officer.
pois, m., pea*,
jarras, vetch (usually spelled jarosse or
jarousse).
police, f., police station; in general, all measures
taken to insure public order;
administrative, (all measures looking to the
maintenance of order, tho well-being and
security of the citizens) administrative police;
corps de , (mil.) constabulary;
generate, (mil.) the general police, (good
order, safety, arrest of spies, etc., carried on by
the gendarmerie);
judiciaire, (measures taken to look up violations
of order and law, get proofs, and deliver
the accused to the courts) criminal police;
(mil) duties of gendarmerie (in searching out
crime and criminals, and in assisting the regular
courts-martial, by holding special courts);
de roulage, (auto.) road regulations;
de surete, police to maintain oscillant, (auto.) floating live axle;
ft peage, (pont.) toll bridge;
de portieres, (pont.) bridge of rafts;
rigide, (auto.) (system in which the rear axle
and springs form one rigid system) rigid axle;
transbordeur. (pont.) transfer bridge;
volant, (r. r.) any portable bridge for loading
and unloading; (mil.) small portable bridge for
crossing trenches;
volant d'equipage, (pont. Fr. a.) flying
bridge (of the bridge train; two supports,
public order;
measures of public safety.
each
of three pontoons);
ponton-grue, m., floating derrick.
popote, f., (mil. slang) officers' field mess.
poquette, f., pigeon pox (pigeons);
port, m., port;
d'aiterrissage, (aero.) landing station;
d'attache, (aero.) home station, home port;
double, (adm.) double postage;
d'escale, (nav.) port of call; (aero.) stopping
place;
fluvial, river port;
de ravitaillement, (Fr. a.) supply station in a
river or canal port ;
simple, (adm.) single postage;
ft traite, treaty port (o. g., Chinese).
porte, f., closing plug;
de visite, (aero.) inspection door.
portc-affut, m., (mach. gun) tripod support (gun
cart).
porte-bagages, m., luggage rack.
porte-bec, m., burner holder (of a lamp).
porte-brancard, m., (trench art.) carrying bar
sleeve or socket.
porte bretelle, m., (mach. gun) sling swivel.
porte-caiion, m., (art.) gun truck (i. e., transports
gun proper).