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tir 576 traction
tir de progression, (art.) (fire during a progression)
progression fire;
par rafales, (art.) rafale fire, gust fire;
par rafales echelonnees, (art.) gust fire at increasing
elevations;
rapide pointe, (art.) rapid aimed fire;
de record, (art.) record firing, record practice,
regular practice;
reel, (mil.) at maneuvers, practice with ball
cartridges;
regime du , v. s. v. regime;
de reglage, (art.) fire for adjustment;
de represailles, (art.) reprisal fire (e. g., on
enemy first line trenches, if he himself is shelling
first line trenches, is a tir eventuel, q. v.);
reprise de, v. s. v. reprise;
de resistance, (art.) endurance firing (test);
de riposte, (art.) return fire, answering fire;
roulant, (mil.) rolling, (i. e., uninterrupted
fire);
par salves echelonnees, (art.) fire by difference
salvos;
sans fauchage, (mach. gun) fire without
sweeping;
scolaire, (tp.) rifle practice
in schools-
section de , (inf.) firing section.
systematique, (art.) (zone fire, using previous
ranging, and not susceptible of accurate check
by aerial observation) systematic fire;
tendu. (art.), flat trajectory fire;
transport du , (art.) shift of fire (to a different
target);
transporter le , (art.) to shift the fire (to a different
target);
d'usure, (art,, mach. gun, etc.) wearing-down
fire, (at irregular intervals, at unexpected
times, so as to wear out the enemy); attrition
fire;
de vitesse, (mach. gun) rapid fire;
sur zones, (art.) zone fire, (to cover the assigned
zone with projectiles),
tirage, m., impression (of a book, edition, etc.).
tirailleur, m., (mil.) skirmisher (includes, to-day,
grenadiers and mitrailleurs).
tirant, m., tie, brace;
de sonnette, (mach.) bell crank arm.
tire-boche, m., (mil. slang) the bayonet.
tire-douilles, m., (mach. gun) cartridge case extractor.
tire-fond, m., lag screw.
tirer, v. a., to print, to run off (so many copies of
a book, etc.);
d'apr&s la carte, (art.) to fire by the map.
sur ballon, (art., sm. a.) to fire at a balloon;
une bordee (mil. slang) to absent one's self
without leave;
sow conge, (mil. slang) to serve one's time;
au(x) flanc(s), (mil. slang) to be a slacker, a
shrinker.
tireur, m v (art.) gun firer; (mil.) firer, marksman;
d''elite embusque, (mil.) sniper;
au(x) flanc(s), (mil. slang) shirker, slacker.
tireveille, f., (aero., etc.) tiller-rope.
titre,m., title;
au dtt n (erne) regiment, (mil.) carried on the
rolls of the nth regiment;
& precaire, (adm.) revocable (of a license.
etc.).
titulaire, HI., holder;
itre de, to hold or have (as a medal, a decoration).
toiie,f., linen;
de barrage, v. s. v. barrage,'
caoutchoutee, (auto., aero, etc.) repairing tape,
strip; rubberized linen;
emerisee, emery cloth;
fca/a, khaki cloth.
toilette, f., washstand.
tOle, f., sheet iron, sheet steel; plating;
embovtic, pressed steel (or iron);
de support, (aero.) engine spider support.
tolite, f., (expl.) tolite.
toinbant, m., (unif.) fringe of an epaulet.
tomber, v. n., to fall;
en ttte & queue, (of a horse) to turn a somersault.
tonneau, m., cask, barrel; t9nneau (of a motor
car); (aero.) horizontal spin.
tonne-kilometre, f., kilometer-ton.
top, m., voice-signal (made to indicate an instant
of time, as in reading chronometers, or in comparing
watches).
topette,f., phial.
topinambour, m., Jerusalem artichoke.
topome'trie, f., (top. surv.) the determination of
points (topography = forms and objects).
torpSdo-fougasse, m., torpedo acting as a fou-
torpillage, m., (nav.) torpedoing.
torpille, f., (mil. nav.) torpedo;
seche, (mil.) land mine.
torsade, f., twist joint.
espagnole, American twist joint.
tortne, f., turtle, tortoise; (mil. slang) grenade.
totalisateur, m., (auto.) any device or instrument
giving distance, run, time spent, etc.
to to, m., (mil. slang) trench vermin.
toubib, m., (mil. slang) surgeon (medecin-majorS
Algerian word).
toucliau, m., (elec.) contact, contact piece, plug,
or device.
touche, f., (t. p.) hit; (elec.) contact; (/me.) touch
in a fencing match;
d'extracteur, (art.) extractor cam;
zero , (fenc.) untouched (in a fencing match).
touche, m., (art.) hit.
toucheur, m., cattle drover.
toupet, m., forelock; (/am.) audacity, "cheek,"
impudence;
avo ir du to be "cheeky," to be B. J. (U. S.
M. A.)
tour, m., (mach.) revolution; (auto) lap (of races);
d'horizon, complete turn of the horizon;
Jiors , (mil., etc.) out of turn;
de service, (mil. eng.) in sieges, roster of duty;
(three classes: 1, attaclr, app oaches,saps and
mines; 2, interior service and guards; parks,
maintenance of communication; 3 rest).
tourelle, f., (aero.) machine gun racer.
tourillon, m., (art.) trunnion; (mach.) crosshead
pin, wrist pin;
central, (art.) breechplug spindle (155
C. T. R.).
tourillonnement, m., (art.) (state or act of turning
on trunnions) trunnionuig.
tournant, m., turn, bend, of a road; (mil.) turn
(around a traverse, etc.); (aero.) turning.
tourn6e, f., round, visit;
d'inspection, (mil.) inspecting trip or tour.
tourner, v. t., n., to turn;
de n tours, (mach.) make n revohitions.
tourteau, m., oilcake.
tracage, m., (mil. fort.) tracing out, staking out, of
trenches, works,
trace, m.. design;
en ligne brisee, (mil.) broken line trace (gives
flanking fire);
d redans, (mil.) redan trace;
d'un train, (r. r., mil.) graphical schedule of
a train (hours of arrival and of departure at
various points on its line).
traeteur, m., (auto) tractor; (aero.) tractor; (mach.
gun.) cartridge tractor;
& s, using tractors, tractor (of guns, batteries,
supply, etc.);
remorque, touring tractor.
traction, f. , traction;
animale, animal traction;
& bras, (mil.) hand traction;
ft bras d'hommes, man traction;
Double , (r. r.) double traction (two locomotives);