What is "cartouch"

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.]

1. (Mil.)

   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.

2. (Arch.)

   1. A cantalever, console, corbel, or modillion, which has the form of a scroll of paper.

   2. 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.

3. (Egyptian Antiq.) An oval figure on monuments, and in papyri, containing the name of a sovereign.

n. (alternative form of cartouche English)

n. a cartridge (usually with paper casing) [syn: cartouche]