Definition of Cartouch

1. Noun. A cartridge (usually with paper casing).

Exact synonyms: Cartouche
Generic synonyms: Cartridge

Definition of Cartouch

1. n. A roll or case of paper, etc., holding a charge for a firearm; a cartridge

Definition of Cartouch

1. a scroll-like tablet [n -ES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cartouch

cartoonishness
cartoonist
cartoonists
cartoonlike
cartoons
cartoony
cartop
cartophilia
cartophily
cartoppable
cartopped
cartopper
cartoppers
cartopping
cartops
cartouch (current term)
cartouche
cartouches
cartridge
cartridge belt
cartridge box
cartridge boxes
cartridge clip
cartridge ejector
cartridge extractor
cartridge font
cartridge fuse
cartridge holder
cartridge paper

Literary usage of Cartouch

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Writings of Thomas Jefferson by Thomas Jefferson (1893)
"I have enquired into the state of the cartouch boxes which were sent from our magazine. The Quartermaster assures me they were in very good order. ..."

2. The State Records of North Carolina by North Carolina, Walter Clark, William Laurence Saunders, Stephen Beauregard Weeks (1898)
"... is a receipt for some Canteens and cartouch boxes that comes by a wagon with Lt. Andrews. ... cartouch ..."

3. The Works of Thomas Jefferson by Thomas Jefferson (1904)
"SIR,—Your several favors of July 19. 21. and 22, are now before me. I have enquired into the state of the cartouch boxes which were sent from our magazine. ..."

4. The General Stud Book Containing Pedigrees of English Race Horses, &c. &c by J. S. Skinner (1834)
"cartouch MARE, Sir J. Moore , , n, Ld Clermont Bred by Lord PORTMORE, out of the Fox Mare, dam of Snap. 1754 br. c. Sprightly, by Cade - . ..."

5. Travels and Researches in Chaldæa and Susiana: With an Account of by William Kennett Loftus (1857)
"... Tomb—Inscriptions and other Early Relics on the Great Mound—Alabaster Vases of Xerxes—Egyptian cartouch— Mr Birch's Remarks thereon—Sculptured Trough. ..."

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