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camoufleur

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  • Wiregrass sprouted, and thornbush grew; Nature, the master-camoufleur, completed the work of hiding the forgotten headquarters.

    The Cosmic Computer H. Beam Piper 1934

  • _Leviathan_, which, painted by an English camoufleur, Wilkinson, fairly revels in color designed to confuse the eyes of those who would attack her.

    Our Navy in the War Lawrence Perry 1914

  • The camoufleur, as the camouflage artist was called, speedily extended his activities to screens over highways, preventing airmen from seeing troops in motion, to the protective coloration of lookout posts, and of other necessary factors along the fighting front.

    History of the World War An Authentic Narrative of the World's Greatest War Richard Joseph Beamish 1895

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  • ruzuzu commented on the word camoufleur

    See comments on camofleur.

    March 17, 2014

  • ry commented on the word camoufleur

    from Wikipedia:

    A camoufleur is a person who designed and implemented military camouflage in one of the world wars of the twentieth century. The term was originally a person serving in a First World War French military camouflage unit. In the Second World War, the British camouflage officers of the Middle East Command Camouflage Directorate, led by Geoffrey Barkas in the Western Desert, called themselves camoufleurs, and edited a humorous newsletter called <em>The Fortnightly Fluer</em>. Such men were often professional artists. The term is used by extension for all First and Second World War camouflage specialists. Some of these pioneered camouflage techniques.
    See also comments under camofleur

    March 17, 2014

  • ruzuzu commented on the word camoufleur

    Jinx! (Your comment's better, though, ry.)

    March 17, 2014