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chantignole 72 charbonnure
chantignole, f., bracket, wooden purlin-block,
or cleat; (mas.) sort of brick of half the thickness
of the common brick.
cliaiitour11 age, m., cutting, operation of cutting
in profile; sawing out along a curve; to trace
out on wood, marble, etc.
ehantourner, v. a., to cut a profile; to saw out
along a curve; to trace on marble, wood, etc.
chanvre, m., hemp;
femelle, female hemp;
male, male hemp;
de Manille, manila hemp;
porte-gmine, v. male.
chaparder, v. a., (mil. slang) to loot, steal, go
marauding.
chapardeur, m., (mil. slang) marauder.
chape, f., cap (of a compass or magnetic needle);
of a balance; shell (of
bearing of the knife-edge
a block), pulley-frame, roller-frame; tongue (of
a buckle); (fond.) cope (of a mold); molding
clay; (art.) frame holding chassis wheels; outer
barrel or case for a powder-barrel, chape;
(harn.) rectangular frame used to connect two
straps, leather loop formed by folding end of
strap back on itself; (mach., etc.) strap (e. g.,
connecting-rod strap), clasp, clevis, loop, chape,
strap and loop or eye, swivel-frame, bearing,
axle-bearing; (fort, mas.) coating of cement
laid on extrados of a vault, of an arch; (sm. a.)
top-locket (of a scabbard); chape (of a scabbard),
holster-cover; .
d' articulation, hinged strap;
a crochet, shell (of a block) and hook;
de crochet, the frame supporting a hook;
de croupiere, (harn.) crupper loop;
en dos d'dne, (fort.) capping (of a casemate);
d'equipement, (art.) rigging-shell of a ginpulley;
piton, staple or strap with an eye or loop in
the middle;
plan de , (cons.) weathering:
a, de, soulevement, (art.) roller-frame
for throwing the top carriage in gear; rollerframe
of the trail of the affut d, soulevement;
de surete, (mach.) safety- or locking-strap.
chapeau, m., hat, cap; cover; gland, t op, lid; cap
(in constructions in general); (art.) fuse-cap,
fuse-cover; breech-plug cap; bearing-plate; cap
of a gunlift; (cons.) hollow tile, when laid with
hollow down; girt, intertie; (mach.) press-block;
gland of a stuffing-box; (mil. min.) cap (of a
frame); (pont.) trestle-cap; (unif.) hat worn by
generals, staff officers; cocked hat;
en bataille, (unif.) cocked hat worn crosswise;
de bolt h etoupe, (mach.) stuffing-box gland;
de cabestan, drumhead of a capstan;
de chassis, (mil. min.) cap, upper crosspiece
of a frame;
de cheminee, funnel-cowl, chimney-hood;
chevalet, (pont.) trestle-cap;
a claque, (unif.) cocked hat;
en colonne, (unif.) cocked hat worn lengthwise
(i. e., in the usual way);
acornes, (unif.) cocked hat;
a coudes, (pont.) the cap of the Belgian
trestle (allows a variation of slope to first
bay);
de fusee, (art.) fuse cap or cover;
de la hausse, (art.) cross-bar, deflection-bar,
of a rear sight;
de lumiere, (art.) vent-cover;
mobile, v. de la haussei
de palee, cap, capping-piece, string-piece;
de palier, (mach?) plummer-block top or cap,
bearing cap ;
porte-cran de mire, (art.) traversing head of a
rear sight;
protecteur, (art.) fuse-cover, -cap;
de reglage, (art.) movable cap for setting a
fuse;
sommier, (pont.) capping-piece;
travon, v. sommier.
chapelet, m., rosary, chaplet; chain-pump;
paternoster-pump, noria; raft of casks; (harn.)
stirrup-leather; pair of stirrup-leathers with
stirrups, fastened to pommel of saddle and
connected at the top by a sort of leather buckle;
connecting-strap or -piece (pack saddle, oft
saddle of an artillery team); (expl.) string,
row, or series of cartridges; (sm. a.) holster-iron;
(hipp.) sort of chain or series of splints; apparatus
or device to keep a horse from biting,
etc.. a place that has been dressed;
electrique, (expl.) set of fuses connected so
as to produce simultaneous explosion of several
charges; (torp.) assemblage of torpedoes connected
up so as to go off together;
en , (expl.) in a row, string, necklace;
faire manoeuvre en , (art.) to parbuckle a
piece on skids;
monter une piece en , (art.) to parbuckle a
piece on skids;
de torpilles, (torp.) Une or range of mines.
chapelle, f., chapel; (mach.) cylinder-case of a
blowing-cylinder; valve-box (of a pump, etc.);
de campagne, (mil.) field chapel (portable
furniture for religious services).
chaperon, m., cover, hood; coping (of a wall);
(sm. a.) holster-cap;
du bee, (pont.) capping of the cutwater;
defonte, (sm. a.) holster-cap, cover;
de la lumiere, (art.) vent-cover.
chapiteau, m., head, top, cap; coyer, hood; capital
(of a column); head-beam; bridge (of a boringmachine);
(art.) sort of vent-cover made of
planks; (artif.) head, cone, of a rocket, etc.,
carcass-heading; (sm. a.) top or edge of the
locket of certain side-arms;
d'artifice, defusee, (artif.) head and cone
of a rocket.
chapska, m., (unif.) lancer's helmet.
chapuis, m., (harn.) wooden saddle-, pack saddleframe.
char, m., cart (2-wheeled vehicle).
charancon, m., weevil.
charanc.onner, v. r., to become weevil-eaten.
charbon, m., coal, charcoal; disease of men and
of animals, accompanied by gangrenous tumors;
- bitumineux, bituminous coal;
-
blanc, (hipp.) anasarca;
de bois, charcoal;
de cornue, gas-coke;
depot de , (nav.) coaling station;
electrique, (elec.) arc-light carbon;
faire du , (nav.) to coal;
filtrea charcoal , filter;
de forge, smithy coal;
gros a la main, screened coal;
de houille, coke; sea-coal, pit-coal, anthracite
coal;
incombustible, anthracite coal;
luisant, anthracite coal;
manche a . coal chute;
mineral, hard coal, anthracite;
noir, black charcoal (for black powders);
pellea coal , shovel;
- de pierre, stone coal, anthracite;
poussier de , coal dust ;
roux, red, brown charcoal (for cocoa powders);
soutea , (nav.) coal bunker;
- de terre, coal, anthracite coal;
de tourbe. peat coal;
d'usine, forge coal;
vegetal, charcoal.
charbonnage, m., coal-mine; coal-mining.
charbonne", a., (hipp.) marked with black (of a
horse's coat).
charbonner, v. a., to reduce to charcoal, to car.
bonize.
charbonnier, m., fireman; collier; coal-hole; coalburner.
cnarbonnure, f., (hipp.) black mark, of variable
size and distinctness, in a horse's coat.