Cartouche Definition

kärto͝ozh
cartouches
noun
cartouches
A scroll-like ornament or tablet, esp. as an architectural feature.
Webster's New World
A structure or figure, often in the shape of an oval shield or oblong scroll, used as an architectural or graphic ornament or to bear a design or inscription.
American Heritage
On Egyptian monuments, an oval or oblong figure containing the hieroglyphs of the name of a ruler or deity.
Webster's New World
A paper cartridge for a firearm.
Webster's New World
A wooden case filled with balls, to be shot from a cannon.
Wiktionary
Synonyms:
  • cartouch

Other Word Forms of Cartouche

Noun

Singular:
cartouche
Plural:
cartouches

Origin of Cartouche

  • Borrowing from French cartouche, from Italian cartuccia, from carta, from Latin charta, from Ancient Greek χάρτης (khartēs).

    From Wiktionary

  • French from Italian cartoccio paper cornet from carta card, paper carton

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Cartouche Sentence Examples

  • They include colossal figures of Aesculapius and Bacchus, and the lower half of a seated Egyptian divinity in black basalt, bearing the cartouche of Tethmosis (Thothmes) I.

  • The arms of the popes and ecclesiastics of high birth were borne on an oval cartouche; and it is thus particularly applied, in Egyptian archaeology, for the oblong device with oval ends, enclosing the names of royal personages on the monuments.

  • Only the first plate of a long road has a title cartouche giving the name of the road.

  • Attractive steel engraved cartouche with title embedded on a rock, sailing ships in the background, piece of eight coin and sheep.

  • The anonymous plan contains a highly decorated cartouche, and a key identifying the types of ships involved and their nationality.

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Words Starting With

CCACAR

Words Ending With

EHECHE

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