A French-English Military Dictionary - Sturmpanzer.com

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bastion casemate, casemated bastion;
compose, composite bastion;
creux, hollow bastion;
deforme, irregular bastion;
demi , half-bastion;
detache, detached bastion;
double, double bastion;
mixte, composite bastion;
plein, solid, full bastion;
retranche, retrenched bastion;
vide, hollow bastion.
bastionn6,-a., (fort.) bastioned;
front , bastioned front;
trace , bastioned trace.
bastionner, v. a., (fort.) to fortify by means of
bastions, to fortify on a bastioned trace.
bastionnet, in., (fort.) bastionnet, small caponier;
de flanquement, half-bastion for flanking.
bastonnade, f., bastinado.
bat, m., pack, pack-saddle;
d'affut, (art.) carriage-pack (mountain battery);
animal de , pack animal;
de caisse, (art.) ammunition pack (mountain
battery);
chcval de , pack-horse;
etrier de , pack-saddle stirrup or support, for
loads that can not be hooked on;
mulct de , pack mule;
de piece, (art.) gun pack (mountain battery);
pbrte-caisses, (art.) ammunition-box pack (of
a landing gun, French);
du train des equipages, (mil.) pack outfit for
removal of wounded.
batail, m., bell-clapper.
bataille, f., battle, array, battle array;
en , in order of battle; in lino (art. and cav.
drill); into line (art. and cav. drill, of movements
and in commands); (unif.) (of a cocked
hat) worn with axis parallel to shoulders?
acharnee, desperate battle;
champ de , field of battle;
cheval de , charger;
corps de main , body of an army (i. e., the
fighting element, as opposed to noncombatants);
defensive, defensive battle;
defensive-offensive, defensive in one part of
the field and offensive in another;
demonstrative, attack or battle intended to
deceive as to real point of attack;
donner , to give battle;
fort de la , thick of the fight;
imprevue, unforeseen battle, chance battle;
livrer , to give battle;
navale, sea fight, naval battle;
offensive, offensive battle;
ordre de , order of battle, battle array,
array or list of troops engaged or forming an
arjny;
premeditee, prevuc, battle foreseen, and
hence provided for in orders;
rangee, pitched battle;
ranger en , to draw up in battle order, in
battle array;
de rencontre, unforeseen, unpremeditated,
unexpected battle.
batailler, v. n., to give battle (obs.); (fig.) to dispute
tenaciously.
batailleur, m., one fond of battles; (fig.) one fond
of disputes.
bataillon, m., (mil.) battalion (foot troops);
-cadre, skeleton battalion;
de canonniers sedentaires, a battalion of foot
artillery so called, kept up at Lille in remembrance
of its siege in 1792;
chefde ; major (inf.);
ecole, instruction battalion;
ecole de , battalion drill, school of the battalion;
encadre, a battalion framed in by others,
acting in conjunction with others on its right
and its left;
de guerre, full battalion, battalion on a war
footing;
bataillon d'infanterie Ugtre d'Afrique, punishment
battalion (serving in Africa);
d' instruction, drill battalion;
isole, detached battalion, operating alone;
de marche, makeshift battalion (1789 and
1870), composed of fragments drawn from different
regiments;
scolaire, v. ecole.
batard, a., (of animals) not full bred; (in gen.) said
of what can not be put into a definite class.
batarde, f., round hand; engrossing;
ecriture , round hand.
batardeau, m., dam, coffer-dam; (fort.) batardeau.
bateau, m., boat, skiff; (pont.) ponton boat;
d'avant-garde, (pont.) advanced-guard ponton
boat;
de ballon, balloon-car;
canon, boat considered merely as a carriage
for a gun (e. g., the Gabriel Charmes of
Admiral Aube); gunboat;
charbonnier, collier;
& contrepoids, (pont.) boat with counterpoise,
used in construction of trestle bridges
(the counterpoise counterbalances the trestle
in the operation);
delestcur, lighter;
divisible, (pont.) ponton boat that takes
apart
name for Admiral Am-
in two pieces;
eperon, French
men's ram;
d' equipage, (pont.) regulation ponton-boat
of the bridge train;
-feu, light-ship;
hangar & .boat shed, boathouse;
hdpital, hospital ship;
de passage, ferryboat;
plat, flat-bottomed boat;
pliable, (pont.) collapsible or folding boat;
plongeur, submarine torpedo boat;
ponte ( non ponte), decked (open)
boat;
porte, draw (of a bridge of boats);
porte-torpille, spar torpedo boat;
x successifs, (pont.) successive pontons;
torpilleur, torpedo boat;
torpilleur lance-torpilles, regular torpedo
boat;
torpilleur porte-torpilles , spar torpedo boat;
traillc, ordinary boat used as a trail in a
flying bridge;
a vapeur, steamboat;
& vapeur postal, mail steamer.
batelage, m., boating; transportation by boats.
batelee, f. , boat load,
bateler, v. a. , to transport by boat.
batelier, m. , boatman, waterman;
aide-porticr , (Fr. a.) engineer employee,
assistant to portier-consigne , q. v., in works
provided with wet ditches.
batellerie, f., gteneric term for small boats.
bater, v. a., to put on a pack saddle.
bat-flanc, m., swing pole, swing bale (between
stalls in a stable).
bati, m., (mach., etc.) frame, framework, support;
engine frame or bed; stand;
americain, engine bed of the Corliss type;
compose, combined support;
h quatre paliers, fourfold bearings;
simple, simple support.
batiment, m., building, pile, structure; (nav.)
vessel, ship;
arme en course, privateer;
arme en guerre, ship equipped for war;
en armement, vessel in commission;
balise, light-ship;
blinde, armored vessel;
charbonnier, collier ;
convoyeur, convoying ship;
croiseur, cruiser;
cuirasse, armored ship;
ecole, school-ship ;
de guerre, war ship;
de haut bord, vessel of high free-board;