CARTOUCH

cartouche, cartouch

(noun) a cartridge (usually with paper casing)

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Noun

cartouch (plural cartouches)

Alternative form of cartouche

Source: Wiktionary


Car*touch", n.; pl. Cartouches Etym: [F. cartouche, It. cartuccia, cartoccio, cornet, cartouch, fr. L. charta paper. See 1st Card, and cf. Cartridge.]

1. (Mil.) (a) A roll or case of paper, etc., holding a charge for a firearm; a cartridge. (b) A cartridge box. (c) A wooden case filled with balls, to be shot from a cannon. (d) A gunner's bag for ammunition. (e) A military pass for a soldier on furlough.

2. (Arch.) (a) A cantalever, console, corbel, or modillion, which has the form of a scroll of paper. (b) A tablet for ornament, or for receiving an inscription, formed like a sheet of paper with the edges rolled up; hence, any tablet of ornamental form.

3. (Egyptian Antiq.)

Definition: An oval figure on monuments, and in papyri, containing the name of a sovereign.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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