A French-English Military Dictionary - Sturmpanzer.com

poste 564 projectile
poste de T. S. F. d'aviateur, (mil.) airplane receiving
station (wireless).
postilion, m., postillion;
-& declenchement, sliding release.
pot, m., pot;
d'echappement, (mach.) muffler, silencer,
silence-box (of an explosive engine):
d'echappement de vapeur, (math, gun) steam
pot (to conceal steam from the Maxim cooling
& fumee, (artif.) smoke compartment.
Ruggien, (artif.) Bengal light. (Ruggieri
was the great maker of fireworks of the Third
Empire.)
pote, m., (mil. slang) a good friend.
poteau, m., post; (mil. slang) a good friend;
frontiere, frontier post;
de telegraphe, etc., telegraph, etc., pole.
potential, m., (expl.) potential, (quantity of work
corresponding to the quantity of heat developed
unit weight).
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pou, m., louse;
poudre, f., powder;
electnque, (expl.) an explosive containing
33 per cent of nitroglycerin (remaining ingredients
unknown);
geant, (expl.) giant powder;
mica, (expl.) a dynamite of mica base;
au picrate (expl.) picrate powder;
Vuican, (expl.) Vulcan powder.
poulet, m., chicken, note;
saute, (mil. slang) note thrown into enemy
trenches.
poulie, f., pulley;
extensible, expanding pulley;
bjoues, cheek pulley.
pourvoi, m., (law) appeal;
en cassation, appeal for reversal of verdict, in
error.
pourvoyeur, m. (mil.) grenade-carrier (assistant to
lanceur, q. v.), assures supply of grenades; ( Fr.
a.) feeder, supply man (to a. fusil-mitrailleur);
(in gen.) ammunition server or carrier:
en charges, cartridge server;
en projectiles, projectile server.
poussee, f., (aero.) lift; (modi, gun) gas-pressure;
centre de , center of thrust;
tube de , (mach.gun) pressure reduction tube.
poussette, f., push button, spring button.
poussiere, f., dust;
d'hommes, (mil.) expression to denote the
of a line of men at
vague, indistinct appearance
a distance.
pousse-pousse, m., jinrikisha; pushcart.
poussoir, m., pusher, push button (in general);
(mach.) valve lifter, cam follower, plunger, push
rod, tappet.
poutre, f., (cons.) beam, girder;
& dme pleine, (cons.) solid beam, solid web
beam;
h claire-voie, (cons.) lattice beam;
de liaison (aero.) (girder connecting principal
cellule, q. v., with the rear of the machine)
junction girder;
souple, (aero.) flexible beam (dirigibles).
poutre-affut, f., (art.) girder-carriage (railroad
gun).
poutrelle, f., joist, small beam;
de blindage, (siege), blindage beam.
pouvoir, m., power, authority;
s publics, public authority, the law.
pre-allumage, m., premature firing, ignition
(motor).
preambule, m., preamble; (mil., etc.) office marks
or indications of a telegram.
premier, a., first;
mettre en tre, (auto.) to put on first speed.
precision, f. accuracy;
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en direction, (art.) lateral precision;
en portee, (art.) precision in range.
prelevement, m., exclusion (as, mil.) of gases.
prelever, v. t., to exclude (as, mil.) gas.
prendre, v. t. , to take;
sous lefeu, (art.) to take under fire.
presentation, f., presentation;
du drapeau, (mil.) presentation of colors.
prgsidence, f., chairmanship of a committee, etc.
erpsident, m., chairman of a committee; speaker
of the house, of a parliamentary body;
de chambre, (Fr. law) the presiding judge of
the chamber or division of a court.
pression, f., (pJiys.) pressure;
chute de , loss of head, fall of pressure.
pret, m., ( Fr. a.) soldier's pay;
decadairc, pay every 10 days.
prefer, v. t., to lend;
serment entre les mains de, to swear before.
pretoire, m., (mil. law) court room (as of a courtmartial).
prevention, f. , preventive confinement;
en de conseil de guerre, (mil. law) held by or
for a court-martial.
provision, f., forecast, prediction;
locale, local (weather) forecast;
& longue echeance, distant forecast (weather).
prise, f.. purchase, grip;
d'air, (mach.) air inlet, air intake;
de commandement, (mil.) assumption, taking
over of a command;
de courant, (elec.) jack;
directe, (mach.) direct transmission, direct
connection;
fn , (mach.) engaging with, gearing with;
en directe, (mach.) direct-connected;
dejour, (mil., etc.) opening to the air, as in a
covered trench;
de possession de commandement, (mil.) assumption
of command.
de terre (elec.) ground, ground connection;
prisme, m., (opt.) prism;
bi-refringent (inst.) double refraction prism;
dlviatcur, (inst.) refracting, deflecting, prism
(range finder);
d'extremite droite (gauche) (inst.) right (left)
end prism (of a range finder);
de grossissement, magnifying prism;
de rcperage, (art.) registration prism:
separateur, (inst.) separating prism (range
finder);
a toiture, blunted triangular prism.
prisme-objectif, m., (opt.) objective prism.
proboche, a., (fain.) German sympathizer.
proces-verbal, m., minutes.
procureur, m., (law) attorney;
de la Republique, (France) solicitor general.
produit, m., product;
accessoire, (chem., etc.) by-product.
profil, m., (aero.) fair.
profilage, m., (aero.) stream lining.
profile, a., (aero.) stream lined; faired.
profondeur, depth;
d'une surface, (aero.) length of the chord
(wing).
progresser, v. n., (mil.) to advance (trench fighting).
progression, f., (mil.) advance (trench fighting).
projecteur, m., searchlight;
deflammes, (mil.) flame projector;
portatif, (mil.) portable" searchlight, hand
searchlight; hand set;
de signalisation, (sig.) Morse lamp.
projectile, m., (art., sm. a.) projectile;
asphyxiant, (tr. art.) asphyxiating, gas, projectile;
a calotte d'acier, (sm. a.) steel-capped bullet;
coiffe, (art.) capped projectile;
d'exercice, (art.) drill, dummy projectile;
lumineux, (art.) tracer shell or projectile;
lacrymogene, (art.) tear-producing projectile,
lachrymatory shell;