Le Haute Saxe, Fr. Upper Saxony.
HAUTBERT, Fr. a coat of mail, which covered the neck and arms, formerly worn by the seigneurs de haubert, or lords-paramount, in France, in lieu of the hausse-col, brassarts, and cuissarts.
HAUTBOY, (hautbois, Fr.) a wind-instrument, now almost universally adopted by the European armies, and which forms a part of the regimental bands.
HAUTES-payes, Fr. were soldiers selected by the captains of companies to attend them personally, for which service they received something more than the common pay. Haute-paye became afterwards a term to signify the subsistence which any body of men superior to, or distinguished from the private soldier were allowed to receive.
HAUTEUR, Fr. in geometry, signifies elevation.
Hauteur, Fr. in architecture, the extreme height of any building. Thus, un bâtiment est arrivée à hauteur signifies that the last stones or bricks are laid ready for the roof to be covered in.
Hauteur d’appui, Fr. breast-height.
Hauteur de marche, Fr. The usual height which a man takes in stepping, being about six or seven inches above ground.
Hauteur d’un escadron, ou d’un battaillon, Fr. the depth of a squadron of horse, or battalion of foot. The word hauteur in the French service is equivalent to depth in the English: as—an army consisting of many squadrons of horse and battalions of foot, one in front of the other and forming several columns, is said to stand that number of columns deep; the term being applicable in all services to the army collectively or separately considered from several columns to a mere rank and file.
HAUTS-officers, Fr. superior officers.