See Also: cartouche(dictionary)

cartouche (iou)



cartouche noun. E17.
[French from Italian cartoccio, from carta: see CARTEL.]
I.
= CARTRIDGE 1. obsolete exc. Hist. E17.
b. A case of wood, pasteboard, etc., for cannon-balls. E17-M18.
II.
a. Architecture. A scroll-shaped ornament; a scroll-shaped corbel, mutule, or modillion; a tablet representing a scroll with rolled-up ends or edges, with or without an inscription. E17.
b. A painting or drawing of a scroll with rolled-up ends, with or without a text; an ornate frame in the shape of such a scroll. L18.
Egyptology. An elongated oval with a straight bar at the end containing the hieroglyphic names and titles of kings. M19.
Comb.: cartouche-box (obsolete exc. Hist.) a cartridge-box.