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canon rond, (hipp.) a canon having a soft limp
tendon;
de rupture, a. p. gun;
segmentaire, the Brown segmental wiregun;
semi-automatigue, (r. f. art.) semi-automatic
gun;
de siege, siege gun;
sous-marin, (nav.) submarine gun;
& sphere, muzzle-pivoting gun (spherical
joint);
h tete spherique, v. & sphere;
h tir rapide, r. f. gun;
torpille, torpedo gun;
trou & , (fort. , art. ) gun-pit ;
tube, gun having a lining-tube;
tube etfrette, built-up gun;
de torpilleur, (nav.) torpedo-boat gun;
de 4, etc,, gun firing a 4-kg., etc., projec-
tile;
de 80, etc., an 80mm , etc., gun.
canonnade, f., (art.) cannonade.
canonnage, m., (nav.) the art of practical gunnery.
canonner, v. a., (art.) to batter, cannonade;
en plein bois, to hull a ship.
canonnier, m., (art.) cannoneer, artillery-man,
gunner; (sm. a.) barrel-maker; (hipp., in pi.)
the two upper lumbrical muscles;
conducteur, (art.) driver;
de la piece numide, (mil. slang) hospital attendant,
private of the hospital corps;
sedentaire } . (Fr. art.) cannoneer belonging
to the bataillon de s sedentaires of Lille,
q. v.;
servant, (art.) cannoneer, member of gun
detachment (generally servant simply);
veteran, (nav.) warrant officer or quartermaster
who, after serving 4 years on board
as a canonmer, is sent on board a special ship
to perfect his training; seaman-gunner (XT. S.
volant, (art.) horse artilleryman (obs.).
canonnifcre, f., (nav.) gunboat; (fort.) embrasure
(obs.);
cuirassee, armored gunboat.
canot, m., small boat;
de avirons, boat of (so many) oars;
b, couple, double-banked boat ;
pliable, folding, collapsible boat;
port e ( ) fusee, rocket-boat ;
porte-torpille, spar-torpedo boat;
de sauvetage, lifeboat;
a vapeur, steam launch.
canotage, m., art of managing small boats; (pont.),
boat drill.
canotier, m., boatman.
cantine, f., small box or chest; (mil.) canteen,
post exchange (U. S. A.);
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d 'ambulance, field-hospital chest (medicines,
surgical instruments, and records);
& bagages, chest for officer's baggage and for
material of the regimental staff;
de compatabilite, (Fr. a.) chest for papers.
etc. (field bakery);
medicale, field medical chest;
regimentaire, regimental chest (no longer
regulation, Fr. a., though some are still in
service);
veterinaire, horse-medicine, etc., chest;
ft vivres, officers' (field) mess-chest.
cantinier, m., (mil.) mess-steward; sutler.
cantiniere, f., (Fr. a.) woman (soldier's wife)
in charge of canteen (n. e.);
vivandiere, (Fr. a.) the same as cantiniere
(n. e.).
(In addition to canteen duties, these women
are required to keep the mess" for n. c. o.'s
and men who are not required to live at the
company mess.)
canton, m., canton; (r. r.) block (hi block system).
cantonnement, m., (mil.) cantonment;
abri, v. s. v. abri.
cantonner, v. a. n., (mil.) to be or stay in cantonments;
to put troops into cantonments, to
canton.
cantonnler, m., road-mender, road-worker.
canule, f., nozzle of a syringe; canula.
caoutchouc, m., india rubber, caoutchouc; tire
(of a bicycle);
anti-derapant, (bicycle) pebble-tread tire;
creux, single-tube bicycle tire;
durci, ebonite;
pneumatique, pneumatic tire (bicycle, etc.);
sulfure, vulcanite, vulcanized rubber;
ti -ingle, bicycle tire with rod inside;
vulcanise, vulcanite.
caoutchouter, v. a., to cover or treat with indiarubber.
cap, m., cape; (nav.) head of a vessel;
de maure, (hipp.) horse whose head is much
darker than the rest of his body (sometimes
spelled more);
mettre au large, (nav.) to stand out to sea;
de mouton, (cord.) dead-eye;
de mouton & corde, (cord.) rope-bound deadeye;
de mouton ferre. (cord.) ironbound dead-eye;
de pied en , cap-a-pie.
capacity, f., generic term for a recipient or vessel;
(elec.) capacity;
inductrice, (elec.) inductive capacity.
caparacon, m., (harn.) caparison.
caparaconner, v. a., (harn.) to caparison.
cape, f., hooded cloak;
de batardeau, (fort.) cover of a batardeau.
capeler, v. a., (art.) to slip over (as a jacket over
a tube);
unfour, to rig a heating furnace about a gun
(e. g., one to receive a lining-tube, etc.).
capelet, m., (hipp.) capped hock.
capiston, m., (mil. slang) captain;
becheur, v. capitaine becheur.
capitaine, m., (mil., nav.) captain; (fig.) great
general.
(Except where otherwise indicated, the following
terms relate to the French services:)
adjudant-major, adjutant (v. adjudant-major);
d'armes. (nav.) warrant officer, ranking as
adjudant, infantry instructor on board a man
of war;
becheur, (mil. slang) officer acting as prosecutor
of a court-martial;
commandant, (cav.) the commanding officer
(first captain) of a cavalry troop; (art.) the first
captain of a field battery (this designation,
though no longer official, is still retained hi cur-
rent service) ;
en deuxieme, (art., cav.) second captain (rare,
(usually en second);
- de distributions, captain who superintends
the issue of meat, forage, and other stores as
furnished by contractors or by responsible
agents (comptables);
divisionnaire, (inf.) captain commanding a
division (two companies);
ecuyer, instructor of equitation in a military
school;
de fregate, (nav.) commander (U. S. N.,
R.N.);
d'habillement, officer hi charge of. and responsible
for, all the materiel of a regiment, including
arms, commands the section hors rang,
q. v.;
ingenieur, officer in charge of all technical
material in the Paris fire brigade (sapeurspompiers)
;
inspecteur d'armes, captain of artillery (one
or more to each corps d'armee), permanently "
detailed to inspect small arms and ammunition,
and to report on same;
instructeur, (art., cav.) officer charged with
various manege and hippoloKical duties hi a regiment,
must have passed through the cavalry
school of application;
de logement, captain commanding the logement,
or party preceding a column on the
march, and who reports the expected arrival of
the column, etc., to the c. o. of the garrison or
place through which the column is to pass;