A French-English Military Dictionary - Sturmpanzer.com

champ 71 chantiev
champ, aux s (mil.'), call or battery sounded
on the approach of the president or sovereign,
of ministers of state, and of general officers
toward troops under their command; when a
body of troops passes another, or Before a post
er guard; at the ceremony of relieving guard;
and when a soldier sentenced to death arrives
at the place of execution;
de bataille, battlefield;
de bataille defensif, defensive battlefield.
(hetifo, technically) a strongly intrenched
de bataille defensif-offensif, a battlefield
strongly intrenched, but with wide intervals,
permitting offensive operations;
de bataille offensif, offensive battlefield,
(hence, technically) one but slightly intrenched;
de , on edge, on end, upright (of planks,
bricks, etc.); (mas.) headers and stretchers (of
bricks);
defensif, (mil.) that part of a battlefield intended
to be merely held;
a'egal eclairement, (opt.) field of equal illumination;
d'cpreuve, (art.) proving-ground;
d'experiences (dcs torpilles), (torpedo) testing
ground;
d' exploitation, (mm.) working place or room
in a mine;
de feu, (ball.) obsolete name for trajectory;
deforce, (elec.) field of force;
galvanique, (elec.) magnetic field;
de lumfere, (art.) vent-field;
magnetique, (elec.) magnetic field;
de manoeuvre, (mil.) drill-ground;
de Mars, (mil.) drill, parade ground; square
in Paris, formerly used as a drill, etc., ground;
offensif, (mil.)"that part of a battlefield in
which the main, i. e., the offensive, effort will
be made;
de tir, (inf.) small-arm target range; (art.)
proving-ground, practice-ground; field of fire
(of a gun, of a battery, of a work, of a line, of
a posit ion);
tournant, (elec.) rotating field;
de vision, (opt.) field of view (field-glass,
telescope, etc.);
visucl, visual field; space seen or covered by
one eye or two eyes (monoculaire, binoculaire);
de vue, v. de vision.
champignon, m., mushroom; (art.) mushroom,
i. e., head of the De Bange gas-check; (hipp.)
scirrhous cord; (elec.) knot or mushroom on
arc-light carbon; (r. r.) head of a rail (with
reference to shape of cross-section); (fond.)
sleeker;
railh double , (r. r.) double-headed rail;
& tete de , mushroom-headed.
chance, f . , chance;
s de guerre, (mil., etc.) fortune of war.
chancelcr, v. n., to totter, stagger; (mil.) to waver
(o"f troops).
chancellor, m., chancellor (of an order, etc.).
chancelierie, f., chancellery, administration (of an
order, e. g., Legion of Honor);
grande , administration of the Legion of
Honor.
chancre, m., canker (trees, horses, etc.).
chandelier, m., candlestick; stanchion, uj
crutch, swivel: (siege) chandelier, fi
chandelier (obs.); (r. f. art.) fork-pivot, pillar
of a pillar-mount (in many r. f. mounts), crosshead
(sometimes); (art.) firing-support (Russian
15 oin mortar);
affut d (r./. art.) any fork-pivot mount; pillarmount;
de blinde, v. de tranchee;
bfourchc, (r.f. art.) fork-pivot;
de mine. (mil. min.) miner's candlestick;
de tranchee, (siege) a wooden framing used in
building up cover by means of fascines (obs.).
chandelle, f., candle; prop, shore, stay; (mil. slang)
musket, sentry;
chandelle romaine, (artif.) Roman candle.
change, f., (cons.) hollow tile, when laid with
hollow up.
chanfrein, m., chamfer, bevel; (hipp.) forehead;
en , beveled;
tattler en , to chamfer, to bevel.
chanfreiner, v. a., to chamfer, bevel.
changcment, m., change (of direction, of garrison,
etc.);
& aiguilles, (r. r.) point-switch; split-switch;
& double aiguille, (r. r.) double switch; doubleslip
switch;
d'arme, (mil.) transfer from one arm. to
another;
de corps, (mil.) transfer from one regiment to
another;
de dimension, (mil. min.) passage from a gallery
to a smaller (in construction);
de direction, (mil.) change of direction (of a
column or line of troops, to the right, etc., by
the flank, etc.); also, the command for a
change of direction (the movement and the
command are in some cases equivalent to
"column right," etc.; in others, to "(squad)
right," etc., U. S. A.);
defront, (mil.) change of front;
de garnison, (mil.) change of garrison;
de main, (man.) change of hands;
de marche, (mach.) reversing gear;
de maree, turn of the tide;
d'objectif, (art.) change of target, also command
for the purpose;
de pente, (mil. min.) change of slope (in constructing
galleries, etc.);
de pied, (man.) change of the (leading) foot
in galloping;
de pied en I'air au tact, (man.) change of foot
(made in the air on contact);
de pied en I'air au temps, (man.) change of
foot made during temps de suspension, q. v.;
de posies, (art.) change of posts (at a gun) ;
de sape, (siege) change from one kind of sap
to another;
triple, (r. r.) three-throw switch;
& trois voies, (r. r.) v. triple;
de voie, (r. r.) switch; action of switching;
siding;
de voie brails mobiles, (r. r.) stubswitch.
changer, v. a., to change;
le pas, (mil.) to change step. (For other
adjuncts, as de corps, de main,
de voie, etc., v. s. v. changement.)
chantepleure, f.. sort of funnel with a rose at the
end; opening in a wall for the passage of water;
barrel faucet, or plug; outlet for water; pipe,
spout; drain, sort of gutter.
chantier, m., skid, small beam; (art.) block, fullblock
(for mechanical maneuvers); (nav.) yard,
shipyard, stocks; (min.) thirling, chamber of
excavation, working-room (of a tunnel); (in
gen.) any place where men are at work (e. g.,
working parties, in a siege, etc.); (r. r.) embarking
track (troops);
de calage. skid;
de chevalets d fascines, (fort., siege) fascine
bench;
de commettage, (cord.) laying-machine;
h commettre, v. de commettage,'
de construction, (nav.) shipyard, shipbuilding
yard; (in gen.) construction shop;
demi , (art.) half-block;
entree en , (fig.) commencement of any operatisn,
work;
entrer en , (fig.) to begin work, an operation,
etc.;
d'exploitation d'unc mine, (min.) excavation
room of a mine;
de manoeuvres, (art.) block (for mechanical
maneuvers), beam, or skid;
de marine, (nav.) dockyard;
mettre en , to put to work (as, mil., working
parties);
mettre un navire sur le , (nav.) to put a ship
upon the stocks.