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car·touche 
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| 1. | Architecture. a rounded, convex surface, usually surrounded with carved ornamental scrollwork, for receiving a painted or low-relief decoration, as an escutcheon. |
| 2. | an oval or oblong figure, as on ancient Egyptian monuments, enclosing characters that represent the name of a sovereign. |
| 3. | the case containing the inflammable materials in certain fireworks. |
| 4. | cartridge (def. 1). |
| 5. | a box for cartridges. |
Also, car·touch.
[Origin: 1605–15; < MF < It cartoccio, equiv. to cart(a) paper (see carte2) + -occio aug. suffix]
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cartouche
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[French, from Italian cartoccio, paper cornet, from carta, card, paper; see carton.] |
| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition Copyright © 2006 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
cartouche
1611, Fr. form of cartridge (q.v.). Application to Egyptian hieroglyphics dates from 1830, on resemblance to rolled paper cartridges.
| Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper |
| cartouche | |
noun | |
| a cartridge (usually with paper casing) |
| WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University. |
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