A French-English Military Dictionary - Sturmpanzer.com

seringue 572 sous-commissaire
seringue, f., syringe; (mil. slang) gun;
ft graisse, lubricating syringe.
serment, m., oath;
pretcr entre Us mains de, to take an oath before
(an officer, etc.) to be sworn by (an officer, etc).
serpent, m., serpent; (aero.) thick rope (used in
balloon maneuvers).
serrage, m., (mach.) setting (as of a brake);
tightening;
& coulisse, slipping adjustment (said of two
bands, one slipping on the other, like the chin
strap of a forage cap);
d, refus, (mach.) setting, tightening "home"
(of a screw, nut, etc.).
serrer, v. t., (mil.) to close up;
unfrein & bloc, (mach.) to brake home all at
once;
& refus, (mach.) to set "home" a nut, screw,
etc.
serre-rail(s), m., (r. r.) rail plate.
servante, f., (art.) carriage prop (155 C.).
service, m., service; duty;
ambulant, (adm.) railway-mail service;
arme, (mil.) the military service in or for a
government, as distinguished from the nonmilitary
service;
auxiliaire, (mil.) nonmilitary duty (performed
by soldiers);
en campagne, (mil.) tactical problems in the
field (Saumur);
de chancellerie, (mil.) (in general staff, etc.)
paper work;
commande. (mil.) duty covered by orders;
& court (long) terme, (mil.) short (long)
service;
d'ccoute, (mil.) listening service (for air
planes calling stations without previous agreement);
tre pris par le , (mil.) to be on duty;
d' exploitation, (r. r., etc.) operation, service
of operation;
extreme urgence, (mil.) on a telegram, means
that it has precedence over all others.
d'honncur, (mil.) the duty performed by
troops paraded to receive a king or dignitary;
de jour, (nuit), (r. r.) day (night) trains;
d'ordre, (mil., etc.) duty of maintaining
public order; the troops, police, turned out
to maintain order;
de
sante, (mil.) sanitary service;
de surveillance, (mil.) lookout duty;
dcs verifications, (art.) ammunition-inspection
department.
servir, v. n., to be in use.
servo-moteur, in., (mach.) servo-motor,
sevrage, m., weaning.
sevrer, v. t., to wean.
shunter, v. t., (elcc.) to shunt.
sidi, m., (mil. slang) the Arabs and Berbers of
North Africa,
siege, m.. seat;
social, (com.) main office.
sifSLet, m., whistle;
en , (in gen., cons.) skew, bevel-wise.
signal, m., signal; (artif.) signal (i. e., device of a
rocket, flag, caterpillar, star, etc.)-;
d'arrlt, (r. r.) stopping signal;
aux d'avertissement, warning signals, apparatus
to produce same;
aux Morse, (mil.sig.) Morse alphabet;
par panneaux, (mil.) panel signal;
parasite, (wireless) interfering message, or
signal;
de reconnaissance, (mil.) answering signal,
signal of reception (e. g., from a battery to an
airplane);
de separation, signal made between ciphered
messages.
signalisation, f., (mil.) signaling, signalizing;
par artifices, signaling by rockets, by fireworks;
& bras, arm signaling;
optique, visual signaling;
par fjanneaux, panel signaling.
signe, m., sign;
du temps, weather indication or sign.
silencieux, m., (mach.) muffler, silencer.
singe, m., monkey; (mil. slang) canned meat,
tinned meat.
sinis trO, m., victim of a sinistre.
sismographe, m., (inst.) seismograph (also
spelled seismographe) .
sismomicrophone, m., (mil. min.) long distance
listener (device), mine stethoscope.
sismote'thoscope, m., (mil.) listening device
(ecouteur); mine stethoscope.
site, m., site;
secteur de , (art.) site angle sector (scale);
tambour de , (art.) site angle drum (scale).
sitogonomifctre, m., (art.) sitogoniometer (for
measuring angles of site).
sitomfctre, m., (art.) sitometer (for measuring
angles of site).
situation, f., situation; (mil.) report;
de prise d'armes, (mil.) (return of troops,
setting out on a march, a duty) field return.
situation-rapport, f., (mil.) return;
des cinq jours, ( Fr. a.) five-day return.
situer, v. t., to locate.
ski, m., ski.
skieur, m., ski-runner.
soir, m., late afternoon; evening.
sol, m.', soil;
ferre, hard soil (e. g., surface of a hard road).
soldat, m., soldier;
petits s, (Fr. a.) "little soldiers" as a term
of endearment;
de rang, (lit. soldier in the ranks) soldier
unable to fight usefully when not under the
direct orders of his officers, soldier accustomed
to fight in the ranks only, routine soldier.
soldat-citoyen, m., (mil.) militia man (in bad
sense).
soldat-mucisien, m., (mil.) bandsman.
solde, f., (com.) balance of accounts;
de campagne, ( Fr. nav.) campaign pay.
soleil, m., sun;
faire le grand , (mil. slang) to have one's horse
turn a somersault.
solidaire, a., solidary;
de, (mach., etc.) integral with.
sortie, f., exit, departure; (mach.) outlet, discharge
(pipe);
les s, (com.) expenses, outgo.
souder, v. t., to solder;
d I'autogene, to burn on, to solder autogenously.
soufllage, m., blowing, blast;
d'etincelles, (elec.) blow out (magnetic).
souffle, m., wind, breath;
& bout de , out of wind, winded.
souffler, v. n., (mach.) to blow.
soufflet, m., (slang) gore or gusset (let into a
coat to increase its girth).
soulager, v. t., (mach.) to release, ease (a valve).
soulier, m., shoe;
bas, low shoe;
& lacets, lace shoe.
soupape, f., (mach.) valve;
d'air additionnel, extra-air valve (auto.);
annulaire, annular valve ;
de "jampement," (aero.) station valve (admission
of air, dirigible moored at a campement)
;
de chargement, charging valve;
commandee, mechanically controlled valve;
& levec variable, variable lift valve;
de prise d'air, air inlet valve.
sourdine, f., (wireless) damper.
sous-coimnlssaire, m., (mil.) member of a sozw
commission, q. v.