Cartouche

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Cartouch \Car*touch"\, cartouche \car*touche"\, n.; pl.
     {Cartouches}. [F. cartouche, It. cartuccia, cartoccio,
     cornet, cartouch, fr. L. charta paper. See 1st {Card}, and
     cf. {Cartridge}.]
     [1913 Webster]
     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.
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     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.
            [1913 Webster]
  
     3. (Egyptian Antiq.) An oval figure on monuments, and in
        papyri, containing the name of a sovereign.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  cartouche
       n : a cartridge (usually with paper casing) [syn: {cartouch}]