Noun: cartouch
- A cartridge (usually with paper casing)
"Soldiers in the 19th century often bit off the end of the cartouch to load their muskets quickly";
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- (architecture) an oval or oblong design typically edged with ornamental scrollwork
- cartouche
- (Egyptian hieroglyphics) an oval figure containing the characters for a royal or divine name
- cartouche
Type of: cartridge
Encyclopedia: Cartouch