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cancvas 61 canon
canevas de detail de nivelkment, triangulation
for filling in differences of level, on which the
detail work of leveling is based;
directeur du tir. (siege) skeleton survey
connecting observatories, batteries, and natural
bench-marks or stations (attack);
d'ensemble, general framework or skeleton
of the whole area to be surveyed, primary
triangulation (applies to leveling as well as to
areas);
d'ensemble de nivellement, primary triangulation
for the determination of differences of
level;
general, framework or skeleton of triangles
amplifying or extending the
A'ensemble, secondary triangulation;
geodetique, geodetic triangulation;
de nivellement, triangulation for the determination
of differences of level;
polygonal, triangulation, system of triangles;
trigonometrique, triangulation;
trigonometrique de nivellement, (accurate)
determination of differences of level in a
survey.
caniveau, m., channel or conduit for shafting,'
belting, or transmissions in general; (elec.)
subaquetiuct for wires.
canne, f. , cane, stick;
cours de , single-stick instruction;
hippometrique, (hipp.) stick for measuring
height of horses;
jeu de s, singlestick;
de tambour-major, drum-major's baton.
cannelg, a., grooved (as, mach., a roller; sm. a.,
a bullet).
canneler, v. a., to channel, groove, flute.
cannelle, f., cock, spigot, tap, faucet.
cannelure, f., channel, groove, cannelure, fluting;
rib, spline (rare); (sm. a.) hollow of a
blade;
balle ft s, (sm. a.) cannelured bullet.
cannetllle, f., (unif.)
flat braid of twisted gold
or silver wire, worn on collar and kept by
certain military functionaries; (garde d'artil-
lerie, adjoint du genie, etc.).
cannette, f., v. cannelle.
canon, m.. (art.) gun, cannon, (sometimes, in
singular) all the guns of a position, of an army,
or of part of army engaged, (fig.) artillery
fire; (sm. a.) gun-barrel (inclusive of boite de
culasse); (mach., etc.) any bored cylinder;
(harn.) beam of a bit; (hipp.) canon, canon
bone;
en acier, steel gun;
en acier fondu, cast-steel gun;
d'alarme, alarm gun;
ft dme amovible, field gun with removable
tube (Oboukoff);
ft dme lisse (rayee), smooth-bore (rifled)
gun;
d'assaut, gun used in preparation of an
assault;
^d'attaque, gun used in armor-plate
proofs;
au ,by artillery fire;
automatique, (r. f. art.) automatic gun;
ft balles, the French mitrailleuse of 1870-71,
now assigned to ditch-flanking;
de batterie, (nav.) broadside gun;
ft beche, gun whose carriage is fitted with a
recoil-checking spade;
de bombardement, any gun delivering highangle
fire;
de bord, naval gun;
bouche, se chargeant par la bouche,
muzzle-loading gun;
ft boulons, Schultz wire-gun, in which the
longitudinal stress is taken up by rods
(boulons);
brise, (harn.) jointed beam of a bit;
de campagne, field gun;
de cavalerie, horse-artillery gun;
cercle, hooped gun;
de chasse, (nav.) bow chaser;
ft cheval, horse-artillery gun;
choke-bored, (sm. a.) choke-bored barrel
(sporting);
canon de combat, an expression for a siege exposition
gun used on the battlefield (a;
distinguished from the same gun used in
sieges, etc.);
de cote, seacoast gun;
coup de , gunshot;
court, shell-gun, howitzer;
cuirasse, ft cvirasse, gun with shield
mounting, gun mounted in a turret;
culasse, se chargeant par la culasse,
breech-loading gun;
de debarquement , (nav.) landing gun;
demontabte, gun that takes apart, jointed
gun (e. g., some mountain guns), take-down
gwi;
ft dtux
ing);
s, (sm. a.) double-barreled (sport-
ft deux hausses, gun with two sight-seats;
ft dynamite, Zalinski dynamite gun;
d'embarcation, (nav.) boat gun;
enclouer un , to spike a gun;
faire , (min.) of a charge, to blow out or
to detach only a very small amount of ma-
terial;
; aux , Quaker gun;
ft fils, ft fils d'acier, wire-gun, wirewound
gun;
ft fils a segments, (Brown) segmental wirewound
gun;
fonderie de *, gun factory;
enfonte, cast-iron gun;
de forge, (sm. a.) bar or skelp of which the
barrel is made;
defourres, "exploration" gun (i. e., a gun
for use in heavily wooded countries, in
thickets, during exploration, (Krupp);
frettc, built-up gun;
defusil, (sm. a.) gun-barrel ;
>-ft gargousse obturatrice, any gun using a
self-sealing cartridge;
ft grande longueur, gun of great length of
bore, (hence) high-power gun;
de gros calibre, heavy gun, (sometimes) highpower
gun;
ft jaquette, turret-gun mounted in a recoilsleeve;
wire-wound gun, in which a cast-iron
jacket surrounds the wiring;
lance-tor pittes, (torp.) torpedo-launching tube,
torpedo tube;
lisse, smooth-bore gun;
ft lumiere centrale, gun with axial vent;
ft lumi&re dans le renfort, gun with radial
vent;
machine, machine gun;
marcher au -
, (mil.) to march to the sound of
the guns;
de marine, naval gun;
mecanique, generic term for
for r. f. guns;
de montagne, mountain gun;
obusier, shell gun, howitzer;
machine and
pendule, (ball), gun-pendulum;
perce-cuirasse, a. p. gun, high-power
gun;
de perforation, a. p. gun, high-power gun;
ft pivot, swivel gun;
de place, fortress gun;
pneumatique, air-gun; Zalinski gun.
pneumatique americain, pneumatique ft
la dynamite, dynamite gun, Zalinski gun;
porte-amarre, life-saving gun or mortar;
ft portee de within cannon , range;
de position, gun of position;
de 8, 10, etc., pouces, 8" 10" , , etc., gun;
de quatre, (six, etc.), 4-pounder; gun firing a
4-kg. projectile, etc.;
raye, rifle, rifled gun; (sm. a.) rifled barrel;
ft recul supprime, sans recul, nonrecoil
gun;
de remise, term used by Brialmont, descriptive
of guns kept in store near emplacement
and mounted when wanted;
de retraite, (nav.) stern-chaser;
revolver, (r. f. art.) HotchMss revolving
cannon;