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castration par casseaux, gelding by the clamp
method;
ft testicules converts (decouverts) , covered
(uncovered) operation.
castrer, v. a., (hipp.) to geld, cut, castrate; to
spay.
Catalan, a., Catalan;
methoded la e, (met..) Catalan process.
catalogue, m., catalogue.
cataplasme, m., (med.) poultice.
cataracte, f., (top.) waterfall, eataract; (mach.,
steam) cataract, regulator for single-acting engines;
(fort.) sort of portcullis, herse; (hydr.)
difference 01 level between upstream and down-
stream waters of a bridge.
catfigorie, f., category; (mil.) class (of soldiers,
i. e., with respect to entry into service); class
of horses (officers' remounts, and in oensus of
horses and of mules for mobilisation).
cathetometre, m., (inst.) cathetometer.
cathode, m., (elec.) cathode.
catoptrique, a., (opt.) catoptric.
caustique, a., (chem.) caustic.
eautere, m., cautery; (hipp.) rowel.
cauterisation, f., cauterization.
cautfiriser, v. a., to cauterize, sear.
caution, f., (adm.) bond, security, surety, bail;
personnelle, bondsman.
cautionnement, m., (adm.) sum deposited as
security (in contracts, etc.);
materiel, money or property presented as
security;
personnel, bondsman.
cavalcade, f., cavalcade.
cavalcader, v. n., to go on a cavalcade.
cavale, f., (Mpp.) mare.
cavalerie, f., cavalry;
d' exploration, v. independante;
grosse , heavy cavalry, (Fr. a., cuirassiers);
independante, cavalry of exploration, covers
mobilization and concentration, forms the
outer cavalry screen;
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legere, light cavalry, (Fr. a., chasseurs and
hussards);
de ligne , cavalry of the line, (Fr.a., dragoons) ;
de reserve, reserve cavalry, to support other
cavalry (ligne, legere), sad to act against broken
infantry;
du service d' exploration, v. independante:
du service de surete, the cavalry of an army
corps, performs security service in immediate
neighborhood of the corps;
de stir etc ? v. du service de surete.
cavalier, m., rider, horseman; staple (as, for telegraph
wire, etc.); (cav.) trooper; (fort.) cavalier;
(r. r.) spoil-bank;
de bois, (man.) dumb-jockey;
-conducteur, (mil.) driver of the train des
Equipages;
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eleve-brigadier, (Fr. a.) lance-corporal of
spahis;
ele'ie-telegraphiste, (Fr. a.) trooper who takes
a course of telegraphy at Saumur;
espagnol, (man.) sort of dumb jockey;
leyer, light cavalry man;
de manege, trooper charged with care of
horses, etc., in certain military schools;
- de remonte, trooper in a remount establishment;
s rouges, (mil. slang) spahis;
surfaix , (man.) sort of dumb-jockey;
de tranchee, (fort.) trench-cavalier (siege,
attack).
cave, f., cave; cellar;
d canon, (fort.) sort of covered battery (arch
overhead covered by 2 ra or 3m of earth, and
behind rampart), for indirect fire;
d mortier, (fort.) mortar casemate, proposed
by Carnot.
caveau, m. . underground vault.
cavece,a., (hipp.) headed;
de noir, black-headed horse
cave con, m., (man.) cavesson.
eavee, f., hollow road.
caver, v. a., to dig holes, to hollow, undermine,
excavate; (fenc?) to uncover, so as to give adversary
a chance to hit.
cavesson, m., (man.) cavesson.
cavillot, m., v. chevillot.
cavin, m., hollow road; defile.
cavite", f., hollow, cavity; hole; (art.) pit, pitting,
in a bronze gun.
ceaux, m., (mil.) abbrevation of faisceaux, used
in commands only.
cfccite, f., blindness;
des couleurs, color-blindness;
lunatique, moon-blindness.
cGder, v. a., to cede, yield, surrender, resign, give
up; give way;
I'avantage du vent, (nav.) to lose the weather
cfedre, m., cedar (wood and tree).
cedule, f., (mil. law) summons of a witness before
a court-martial, signed by judge-advocate.
cetndre, v. a., to surround, compass, encompass;
to put around; to inclose, fence in; (mil.) to
surround a position, an army; - une epee, to buckle on a sword.
ceinture, f., belt, waistband; (r. r.) belt railway;
(nav.) armor belt; (fort.) line or belt of works,
surrounding a place; (pont.) wale or strip on
interior of upper ends of the knees of a pontonboat,
clamp; (art.) rifling band, rotating band
centering band; fillet, ring; - d'appui, (art.) centering-band (sometimes
centering shoulder); --arriere, (art.) rifling-band, rotating band or
ring; --avant, (art.) centering-band (in some projectiles,
centering shoulder) ; - de blindage d, la flottaison, (nav.) watar-line
armor belt;
de centrage, (art.) centering-band;
chemin defer de-
, belt railway; - d expansion, (art.) rotating band; rifling
band; - directrice, (art.) rotating-band;
- de flanelle, waistband of flannel;
- de flottaison, (nav.) water-line armor belt;
-forgante, - - ft, de, forcement, (art.)
forcing, rifling, rotating, band; - de natation, swimming belt;
prolongation de - , (pont.) blocks, blocking
(under rowlocks, U. S. - bridge equipage);
de sauvetage, life-belt, life-preserver;
taquet de -
,
(pont.) cleat supporting prolonga-
tion de-.
celnturer, v. a., (art.) to seat a band on a projectile.
ceinturon, m., (unif.) waistbelt, swordbelt;
allonge de- , belt-strap;
plaque de- , waistbelt plate.
ceieustique, f., (mil.) pedantic term for military
signaling (obs.).
cellule, f., cell; (mil.) prison cell, punishment cell
(solitary confinement);
- composee, (met.) (in the cellular theory of
steel) agglomeration of globuh'tes, group of
simple cells; - de correction, (mil.) solitary confinement (in
the regiments etrangers and bataillons d'Afrique
alone); - de depdt, cell in which a military person may
be temporarily confined; - simple, (mil.) ordinary solitary confinement
(in France); (met.) (in the cellular theory of
steel) a grain of iron surrounded by cementite.
celluloid, m., celluloid.
cellulose, f., (chem.) cellulose.
cement, m., (met.) cementation powder; (hipp.)
cement (of teeth).
cementation, f., (met.) cementation, case-hardening;
four,fourneau, de- , cementation furnace.
c6ment6, a., (of armor plates) face-hardened (e. g.,
Harvey plates).
cementer, v. a., (met.) to cement, to caseharden.