A French-English Military Dictionary - Sturmpanzer.com

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broclier trop & gras, (/err.) to set a nail too close to
the quick, or too high;
trop & maigre, (farr.) to engage a nail too near
the outer surface of the hoof.
brochete, a., formed or made upon a spindle.
brochoir, m., (/arr.) shoeing-hammer, farrier's
hammer.
brocheur, m., spike-driver.
brodequin, m., high (lace) shoe;
botte, combination of shoe and boot.
broderie, f., (unif.) insignia of rank or of function.
brolement, m., pounding, crushing, pulverizing,
grinding.
brome, m., (chem.) bromine,
bromure, m., (chem.) bromide.
broncluide, f., (mow.) stumbling, tripping (of a
horse).
broncher, v. n., (man.) to stumble, trip, take a
false step (horse).
bronolite, f., (expl.) bronolite.
bronzage, m., (art., sm. a.) browning.
bronze, m., (met.) bronze; (mil. slang) artillery,
(in pi.) artillerymen;
acier, steel-bronze, Uchatius bronze;
aciere, steely bronze;
d'aluminium, aluminium bronze;
& canon, gun metal;
h cloches, bell metal;
dcpasse, bronze that has been over-stirred,
and that has lost part of its malleability;
dur, durci, hardened bronze;
au manganese, manganese bronze;
moulu, bronzing powder;
naturel, common oronze;
de nickel, nickel bronze;
phosphor eux, phosphor bronze;
siliceux, silicon bronze;
suraffine, v. depasse.
bronzer, v. a., to brown (small arms); to bronze.
broquette, f., tack;
clou headless , nail, sprig.
brosse, f., brush; underbrush on the edge of a
wood;
& cheval, horse brush;
en chiendent, en crin, v. h che-
val;
double, blacking brush;
ecouvillon, (art.) vent-sponge;
en ftl de metal, wire brush.:
h fusil, v. & graisse
& graisse, grasse, oiling-brush (for arms);
passe-partout, small dusting brush (e. g., for
the breech mechanism of a rifle);
& patience, polishing brush, button brush;
rude, stiff brush.
brosseur, m., (mil.) officer's servant, soldier servant;
"striker" (U. S. A.).
brouette, f., wheelbarrow;
de chargement, (art.) shot barrow;
de deroulement, & derouler le fil, (teleg.,
etc.) wire drum, unreeling barrow;
b, deux roues, handcart.
brouetter, v. a., to wheel, carry in a barrow.
brouillard, m., fog.
brouiller, v. a., to confuse, to throw into disorder.
brouillon, m., scratch pad; rough draught or
copy.
broussaille, f., bramble, underbrush (used also in
plural); (const.) riprap work;
en pier res seches, dry stone riprap.
brout, m., term, applied to a boring bit or tool
when cutting untrue.
broutage, m., broutement, m., (mach.) vibration,
unsteadiness, state of being out of true,
of line (of a boring or cutting instrument).
brouter, v. n., (mach.) to vibrate, to cut untrue
(of borers, etc.); to browse (of animals).
broyage, m., v. broiement; (cord.) breaking (manufacture
of rope, etc. ).
broye, f., (cord.) breaking-machine.
broye, m.. (cord.) material that has been passed
through the breaking-machine.
broyer, v. a., to bruise, crush, pulverize, grind;
(cord.) to break.
broyeur, m., crusher, (met.) crushing-mill;
pulverisateur, crusher and pulverizer.
bruine, f., mist, drizzle, Scotch mist.
bruit, m., noise; rumor; rattle, din, disturbance;
decaisse, (mil.) drum music, beat of drums;
de grenouille, (hipp.) churning noise of the
sheath (esp. in the trot);
de guerre, rumor of war.
brulage, m., burning off dry grass, etc., from
fields.
brule, a., (hipp.) burnt (coat of horse); (met.)
burnt, overheated,
brule-amorce, m., igniter, primer.
brule-pourpoint, a, adv., at the muzzle, close
up, at very close quarters.
brute-queue, m., (hipp.) circular cautery (used
after docking).
bruler, v. a., to burn, scorch, sear, blast; (met.) to
overheat, burn (as iron, steel), (mil.) to fire;
807^ une amorce, (mil.) without firing a
shot;
une cartouche, (mil.) to fire a shot;
se la cervelle, to blow out one's brains;
le pave, to go very fast;
les signaux, les stations, (r. r.) to rush
past signals, stations, etc., without stopping.
bruleur, m., burner;
de Bunsen, (chem.) Bunsen burner; .
intermittent,
gas engine.
permanent, (mach.) (Otto)
brulis, m., part of a forest on fire;
weeds, etc., from the fields.
burning off
brulot, m., brand; fire-raft, fire-ship, any burning
floating body to set fire to and Durn a bridge;
(powd.) half-burnt charcoal.
bnunaille, f., thin mist.
bruine, f., mist, fog;
cornet de , fog horn.
brumeux, a., foggy, misty.
brun, a., brown; m., brown color;
chdtain, (hipp.) chestnut;
'
clair, (hipp.) light-brown;
fonce, (hipp.) dark-brown.
brunir, v. a., to burnish,
etc.).
(also) to brown (arms,
brunissage,
etc.).
m., burnishing, browning (arms,
brunissoir, m., burnisher;
drone, polishing wheel.
brunissure, f., browning, burnishing (arms, etc.).
brusque, (mil.) sudden, without preparation or
notice (i. e., without stopping at, or going
through, the usual intermediate steps, as of
an attack, a siege, etc.);
attaque e, (mil., siege) sudden attack, assault
(no intermediate steps).
bnisquer, v. a., (mil., siege) to make a sudden
and violent effort without stopping at intermediate
stages; (more esp. siege) to start trenches
on counterscarp and work back;
une attaque, to go straight to the objective
by a coup de mam (e. g.. fortress);
un cheval, (man.) to start a horse suddenly;
une place, un poste, (siege, etc.) to at-
tempt to seize a fort, etc., by assault and with-
out a siege.
brut, a., rough, unwrought, unpolished; gross;
bois , timber in the rough, undressed timber;
charge e, gross weight;
de coulee, (fond.) rough-cast, just as cast
(i. e., without finishing or dressing);
ferrure e, rough-forging;
defonte, (fond.) just as cast;
de forge, rough-forged.
brutal, m., (mil. slang) cannon.
bruyere, f., heath, broom, heater.
buanderie, f., laundry.
buandier, m., laundryman.
buche, f., stick of firewood,
buclier, m., woodhouse.