A French-English Military Dictionary - Sturmpanzer.com

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bouchon porte-amorce, (art.) primer-plug (of
a fuse);
de queue, (art.) base plug or screw (of a
fuse);
rugueux, (art.) striker and plug m one
(of a fuse);
de surete, (elec.) fusible plug, safety
plug;
de vidange, (mach., etc.) drip-cock;
& vis, screw-plug.
bouchonner, v. a., to rub down a horse with
a wisp, with straw.
boucle, f., buckle, clasp; eye. ring; (sm. a.) band;
(cord.) half-hitch, Tank, twist; (top.) turn,
elbow, or bend of a river; (in pi.) irons, fetters,
shackles;
d'amarrage, (art., etc.) mooring-ring, lashingring;
crampon, buckling staple;
enchapee, buckle at the end of a strap, swinging
buckle;
d'etoupille, (art.) eye or loop of a friction
primer;
de hart, (siege) withy knot;
de manoeuvre, (F. m. art.) maneuvering
loop; maneuvering chain eye;
ouverle, open buckle or link;
porte-etriviere, (harn.) stirrup-leather
buckle;
de quai, mooring-ring;
rlnoir, (harn.) rein-buckle on pommel of
certain packs, saddles, etc.;
roulante, a rouleau, roller-buckle;
de sangle, (harn.) girth-buckle;
sous s, in irons.
bouclement, m., (hipp.) ringing (of a mare).
boucler, v. a. and n., to knot, to tie; to buckle,
clasp; to lock up (prisoners); to bulge out
(of a wall badly built);
unejument l (hipp.) to ring a mare.
bouclerie, f., generic term for buckle and parts of
buckles.
boucleteau, m., (harn.) strap with buckle at
the end (used with contre-sanglon, q. v., to
distinguish ends of same strap, bouckteau
being the buckle end); tug;
anterieur, loin-strap tug;
posterieur, hip-strap tug.
boucletolr, m., (harn.) tug.
boucleton, m., (harn.) near-side neck-strap.
bouclier, m.. shield; (art.) gun shield: (fort.)
armor plate or bouillante, f., (mil. slang) soup.
bouilleur, m., (steam) boiler-tube; heater (of
a boiler); one of the tubes of a tubular
boiler.
bouillon, m., (unif.) epaulet-fringe.
boulange, f., unbolted flour.
boulanger, m., baker.
boulangerie, f., bakery, bakehouse, bake-oven;
de campagne, (mil.)
shield, esp. plate through which
embrasure of turret is pierced, embrasure
field bakery;
legtre de campagne, (Fr. a.) field bakery
for areas inaccessible to regular field bakery.
boule, f., ball; time-ball;
boite de , (mil. min.) box trap;
du regulateur, (steam.) governor ball;
de son, (mil. slang) loaf of bread.
bouleau, m., birch (tree and wood).
boulet, m., (art.) shot, solid shot (very little used,
having given way to obus, in its vai^us meanings);
(hipp.) pastern-joint, fetlock-joint; (mil.)
ball and chain (punishment);
barre, bar shot (obs.);
cercle, (hipp.) pastern-joint surrounded by
exostoses;
& chaine, (art.) chain shot (obs.);
condamner au , (mil.) to condemn to drag a
ball and chain;
couronne, (hipp.) scarred pastern joint, showing
traces of falls, i. e., strained; crowned
pastern joint;
creux & incendier, (art.) incendiary shell;
enchaine, v. & chaine;
incendiaire, (art.) incendiary shell;
m.essager, shell containing a message
(obs.);
mort, (art.) spent shot;
plein, solid
(art.) shot;
rame, (art.) bar shot (obs.);
rouge, (art.) hot shot (obs.);
de rupture, (art.) armor-piercing pro-
-tor'pille, (art.) generic term for a torpedo
projectile, i. e., a torpedo fired by an explosive;
a (projected) shell to be stopped by ship's
side and then to explode after dropping under
the ship's bottom;
trainer le , (mil.) to drag a ball and chain
(punishment).
boulete, a., (hipp.) said of a horse whose fetlock
joint is crowned, swelled, dislocated;
plate;
cuirasse, (art.) armored shield;
de sape, (siege) sap shield;
en idle, (art.) gun shield (esp. mobile and
r. f. pieces).
bouder, v. n.. to pout;
contre les mmbes, (hipp.) to use or move
the legs sluggishly or unwillingly;
sur son avoine, (hipp.) to be off his feed
(horse).
boudin, m., spiral or helical spring; wad; flange
of a wheel (as r. r.); nosing (of a stair); (r. r.)
buffer; (artif.) hose or tube for a saudsson;
(mil. min.) synonym of saucisson (latter the
better term); (harn.) the coil into which a forage
or picketrope is rolled; (cord.) sort of coil
(as, of a rope packed in a chest);
& ressort, (r.r.) spring buffer.
boue, f.. mud, mire,
bouee, f.,buoy;
d'amarrage, mooring-buoy;
de sauvetage, life-buoy;
sonnante, bell-buoy.
boueux, a., muddy, miry.
bouffee, f., puff, whiff;
defumee, puff of smoke;
de vent, squall.
bonffette, f., (harn.) head knot, rosette, of a
bridle.
bouge, f., bilge, swell (of a cask, ship); rounding
(as of a deck);
de moyeu, swell of the nave of a wheel'
de mur, swell or bulge of a wall;
de planche, warping of a plank.
bougie, f., cande;
decimate, (elec.) practical unit of light.
boulette,f., small ball;
d'amorce, fulminante, (artif.) pellet
primer, wax primer.
bouleture, f., (hipp.) straightening of, and throwing
forward of, bony parts of fetlock joint,
causing the horse to stand on his toe.
bouleux, m., (hipp.) short, thickset horse.
boulevard, m., bulwark, rampart (obs. as a military
term, except fig.); avenue planted with
boulimle, f.,
bulimv.
voracious, abnormal appetite;
bouline, f., (cord.) bowline.
to haul on a bowhne.
bouliner, v. a., (cord.)
boulineur, m., camp-robber, -follower.
bouloir, m.,larry, lime-rake.
boulois, m., (mil. min.) punk (obs.).
boulon, m.,bolt;
d'assemblage, through bolt, assembling-bolt;
.(art.) transom bolt;
d'attelage, drag-bolt;
d'axe, bolt serving as an axis of rotation;
de bande, tire-bolt;
de blindage, armor-bolt;
& bout perce, eyebolt;
de carene avec ecrou, holding-down bolt and
nut;
& charnitre, hinge-bolt;
de la charniere, (art.) plug-tray hinge-bolt;
de choc, (r.f.; art.) buffer-bolt;
& clavette, eyebolt, collar-bolt, key bolt;
d: coulisse, sliding bolt;
. & croc> d crochet, hook-bolt;
de cuirassement, armor-bolt;
echelon, (art.) foot-rest bolt (of a gin);
d ecrou, bolt and nut;