Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
arrêts de rigueur
English translation:
Confinement to quarters
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French term
tapon (X)
arrêts de rigueur
French to English
Art/Literary
Poetry & Literature
nautical context
Il avait été libéré pour aider à sauver le navire au moment du plus grand péril, puis s'était volontairement remis aux arrêts de rigueur par la suite. Le capitaine l'avait alors dispensé de sa peine.
Proposed translations
(English)
| 5 +2 | Confinement to quarters |
Pierre POUSSIN
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| 4 | strict arrest |
Allan Jeffs
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Proposed translations
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Pierre POUSSIN
France
France
Native in French
France
Fast and accurate.
Native in: French (Variant: Standard-France) 
Works in: English to French, French to English, Latin to French, and 2 more.
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French term (edited):
arr�ts de rigueur
Selected
Confinement to quarters
ou " under close arrests" (Manuel de règlements militaires)
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French term (edited):
arr�ts de rigueur
strict arrest
Document 1
EURODICAUTOM
Subject Defence - Warfare (DE)
EN
(1)
TERM arrêts de rigueur
EN
(1)
TERM strict arrest
Yes, he let himself be arrested (gave himself up - to the police)
EURODICAUTOM
Subject Defence - Warfare (DE)
EN
(1)
TERM arrêts de rigueur
EN
(1)
TERM strict arrest
Yes, he let himself be arrested (gave himself up - to the police)
Peer comment(s):
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Richard Benham
: Your term may be right as a technical term, but it is clear from the context that he was already in custody until released temporarily because of the emergency, and was in a ship and thus unlikely to have a cop shop nearby to surrender himself to.
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