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Cartouch
Open directlyWebster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828
Part of speech: noun (n.)
1. A roll or case of paper, etc., holding a charge for a firearm; a cartridge.
2. A cartridge box.
3. A wooden case filled with balls, to be shot from a cannon.
4. A gunner's bag for ammunition.
5. A military pass for a soldier on furlough.
6. A cantalever, console, corbel, or modillion, which has the form of a scroll of paper.
7. 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.
8. An oval figure on monuments, and in papyri, containing the name of a sovereign.