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atiniciit 38 batterie
bailment militaire, (mil.) any building used for
service purposes by the regular establishment;
neutre, neutral vessel;
' d' observation, lookout ship;
parlementaire, cartel vessel;
plongeur, submarine boat;
pour la pose des cables, cable-ship;
a tourelles, turret ship;
de transport pour les troupes, troop ship;
& vapeur, steamship.
baton, m., stick, baton, marshal's baton; (/me.)
singlestick;
lire reduit au bla'nc, to be ruined, in extremities;
sortir d'une place le blanc b, la main, (mil.)
to depart -without arms or baggage;
de commandement, truncheon;
court , (fenc.) sort of half-pike or staff;
d'enseigne, (nav.) flagstaff;
de Jacob, (inst.) Jacob's staff;
de marechal, (mil.) marshal's baton;
& meche, (art.) linstock (obs.);
de mesure, (mus.) baton of band leader;
de pavilion, (nav.) flagstaff;
de soufre, roll of sulphur;
a surfaix, (hipp.) sort of surcingle twitch.
batonnee, -
f., d'eau, throw of a pump.
batonner, v. a., to beat with a stick; to strike
out (a word, a line, etc.).
batonnet, m., short stick; (hipp.) blood stick;
(art.) grooved stick to facilitate explosion of
bursting charge in shells.
battage, m., beating (as in making pise); driving
(of piles); (met.) beating, striking; (powd.)
stamping.
bat ta nt, m., leaf (of a door); bell-clapper; fly (of
a flag); stile (of a window frame); (mach.) movable
or oscillating frame (e. g., in a copying
lathe, touches the model and moves toward
or from work as needed); (nav.) sufficiency of
free-board, command; (sm. a.) swivel;
de crosse, (sm. a.) stock-, butt-swivel;
& deux s, folding (of doors);
de grenadi&re, (sm. a.) middle band
swivel;
meneau, inner stile (of a window frame);
de noix, outer stile (of a window frame);
de pavilion, fly of a flag;
d'une poulie, pay of a pulley;
de sous-garde, (sm. a.) lower band swivel.
battant, a., at work, going; (nav.) fit'or ready for
battle (of a ship);
mener . (mil.) to pursue a defeated enemy
close and hard;
pluie e, pelting rain;
porte e, swing-door;
tambour -
, (mil.) with drums beating, by beat
of drum;
sortir tambour , (mil.) to march out with
the honors of war;
vaisseau de guerre bien , (nav.) ship in which
the guns are well served.
batte, f.. rammer, beetle; (harn.) peak or bow of
a saddle; knee-puff; (sm. a.) sputcheon (of a
scabbard);
d'armes,. de la cuvette, (sm. a.) sputcheon;
& bourrer, tamper, earth-rammer ;
de selle d la hussarde, (harn.) fore peak of a
hussar saddle.
battellement, m., (cons.) eaves, eaves-course (of
a roof).
batlenient, m., beating, stamping; oscillation;
(art.) balloting of projectile in s. b. guns, indentation
made by balloting in s. b. guns,
(r. r.) long interval of time between departures
of consecutive trains; (in gen.) any interval
of time necessary to the good working of the
line, e. g., interval between arrival of troops
at a station and departure; (fenc.) beat of point
on point;
a'epee, (fenc.) act of striking adversary's
blade, to remove it from the line of the
body;
de tambour, beating of a drum.
batterie, f., (art., fort.) battery (unit of organization;
the guns themselves, the personnel;
work or emplacement); (nav.) ship's battery;
(elec.) battery; (sm. a., r. f. art.) lock; (mil.)
call or signal (drum); drum corps (of a regiment,
etc.), (obs.); (powd.) set of mortars and
pestles (obs.).
I. Battery in respect of functions;
II. Battery in respect of site or of nature
of emplacement; III. Miscellaneous.
I. Battery in respect of functions:
batterie, d'Afrique, (Fr. art.) battery, serving, or
for service, in Africa;
d'approche, (siege) battery of second ar-
tillery position;
d'attague, attacking battery; testing battery,
proving-ground battery;
attelee, horsed battery (field or horse);
de bombardement, battery to deliver highangle
fire, shelling battery (esp. in sieges
against broad targets, e. g., towns, magazines,
storehouses, etc.); (in gen.) any battery
that assists in a bombardment; (s. c.
art.) a battery armed with guns for high-angle
fire;
de br&che, (siege) breaching battery;
de bricole, oblique battery, one delivering an
oblique fire;
s par camarade, batteries uniting their fire on
the same target;
de campagne, field battery;
de cavalerie, horse battery;
s en chapelet, cross-fire batteries;
a cheval, horse battery;
de circonstance, (siege) battery constructed
when and where needed, in the defense of a
fortified position (classed with the reserve
generale, q. v.);
circulaire, (nav.) floating battery (circular);
de combat, (Fr. art.) subdivision of a field
battery, on a war footing (horse or mounted)
with respect to marches and combats, consisting
of the first 8 pieces, q. v., that is, 6 guns,
9 caiss9ns, the battery wagon, and the forge;
subdivision of a mountain battery on a war
footing, consisting of the 6 guns, and various
accessory supplies and the necessary personnel:
(see supplement];
a la Congreve, rocket battery;
contre- , (siege) counter-battery, directfire
battery, esp. such a battery established
in the crowning of the covered way;
de corps, battery forming part of the corps
artillery;
s croisees, cross-fire batteries;
de debarquement, (nav.) landing battery;
de demolition, (siege) demolition battery,
whose fire is directed against case-mates,
redoubts, and other masonry constructions;
b, demonter, (siege) battery whose special
business it is to dismount the guns on the work
fired at, counter-battery;
deuxfeme , (siege) extra battery put up when
third parallel masked the premiere batlcrie,
q. v. (obs.);
directe, (siege) battery whose line of fire
is normal to line fired at (synonym of a
demonter) ;
divisionnaire, battery forming part
of the
divisional artillery;
d'echarpe, en echarpe, (siege) battery
whose line of fire is oblique to line fired at ;
de deuxieme echelon, (siege) battery somewhat
in advance of first artillery position;
d'encadrement, name formerly applied to
battery accompanying infantry in its advance
on hostile position;
d' enfilade, enfilading battery (esp. of a
siege);
fixe, battery fixed in position (as distinguished
from mobile), permanent battery
(seacoast, etc.);
flanquante, de flanquement, (fort.) flanking
battery;
flottante, (nav..s. c.) floating battery;
de France,, (Fr. art.) battery serving, or for
service, in France;
defusees, rocket battery;