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Definition of Cartouches
1. cartouche [n] - See also: cartouche
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cartouches
Literary usage of Cartouches
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Mars and Its Canals by Percival Lowell (1906)
"XXIV CANAL DEVELOPMENT canal cartouches presented on page 298. ... Examining them
now we note a family resemblance between the successive cartouches. ..."
2. Transactions of the Royal Society of Literature of the United Kingdom by Royal Society of Literature (Great Britain) (1850)
"I HAVE the honour of transmitting to the Society a copy of the cartouches recently
discovered by Mr. Layard amidst the ruins of the mound at ..."
3. A Portion of the Journal Kept by Thomas Raikes, Esq., from 1831 to 1847 by Thomas Raikes (1857)
"... some of whom were in possession of arms, cartouches, and seditious papers,
which have been conveyed to the Hôtel de la Préfecture. ..."
4. The Concrete House and Its Construction by Maurice M. Sloan (1912)
"It is desirable in some instances to incorporate in the design of concrete houses
decorative features in the nature of spot ornamentation, cartouches, ..."
5. Essay on the Hieroglyphic System of M. Champollion, Jun., and on the by J.-G.-Honoré Greppo (1830)
"CHAPTER II. DISCOVERY OF THE HIEROGLYPHICS. Labors of Champollion. Foreign names
upon the Egyptian monuments. Royal cartouches, name of Ptolemy. ..."
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