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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. a cartridge (usually with paper casing);
[syn: cartouche, cartouch]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

cartouche n 1: a cartridge (usually with paper casing) [syn: cartouche, cartouch]