Mallet

A wooden hammer with a handle to drive fuses, or pickets, etc., in making fascines or gabion batteries. … Salute. — The right hand is raised smartly till the tip of the forefinger touches the lower part of the headdre or forehead above the right eye, thumb and fingers extended and joined, palm to the left, forearm inclined at about 45 degrees, hand and wrist straight; at the same time looking toward the person saluted. The arm is dropped smartly by the side. id Sling-cart. — A two-wheeled carriage made entirely of iron, except the pole which is of oak, designed for moving light weights and siege-pieces in the trenches by hand. ipike.— -A wooden or iron lever, flattened at one end and tapering towards the other, used in raising heavy weights and in moving guns into position for loading and firing. … Rings. — The thimbles on the trail transoms of guns, for the handspike by which they are maneuvered, Handle Arms. — In the earlier tactics, a word of command by which the soldier was directed to bring his right hand briskly to the muzzle of his fire-lock.