CARTOUCHES
Noun
cartouches
plural of cartouche
Source: Wiktionary
CARTOUCH
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