Bat

French-English Dictionary of Military Terms · 1918 · p. 3

Pack-saddle. Pack (of animal)—Cheval de bat. Pack horse. —Bat de piéce, bat de cai e, etc. Loads into which mountain gun is sub-divided.—Bat de mitrailleuse, Bat de munitions. Parts of pack equipment for machine-guns. Artillerie sur bat. Pack artillery —Ou le bat ble e. Where the shoe pinches. [p.56]