Definitions for cartouch
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Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. cartouche, cartouchnoun

   a cartridge (usually with paper casing)

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Cartouchnoun

   A case of wood three inches thick at the bottom, girt round with marlin, and holding forty-eight musket balls, and six or eight iron balls of a pound weight. It is fired out of a hobit or small mortar, and is proper for defending a pass. John Harris

   Etymology: cartouche, Fr.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. cartouch

   In Egyptian hieroglyphs, a cartouche is an oval with a line at one end tangent to it, indicating that the text enclosed is a royal name. The first examples of the cartouche are associated with pharaohs at the end of the Third Dynasty, but the feature did not come into common use until the beginning of the Fourth Dynasty under Pharaoh Sneferu. While the cartouche is usually vertical with a horizontal line, if it makes the name fit better it can be horizontal, with a vertical line at the end (in the direction of reading). The ancient Egyptian word for cartouche was shenu, and the cartouche was essentially an expanded shen ring. Demotic script reduced the cartouche to a pair of brackets and a vertical line. Of the five royal titularies it was the prenomen (the throne name), and the "Son of Ra" titulary (the so-called nomen name given at birth), which were enclosed by a cartouche.At times amulets took the form of a cartouche displaying the name of a king and placed in tombs. Archaeologists often find such items important for dating a tomb and its contents. Cartouches were formerly only worn by pharaohs. The oval surrounding their name was meant to protect them from evil spirits in life and after death. The cartouche has become a symbol representing good luck and protection from evil.The term "cartouche" was first applied by French soldiers who fancied that the symbol they saw so frequently repeated on the pharaonic ruins they encountered resembled a muzzle-loading firearm's paper powder cartridge (cartouche in French). As a hieroglyph, a cartouche can represent the Egyptian-language word for "name". It is listed as no. V10 in Gardiner's Sign List.

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1. cartouch

   A cartouche is an oval or oblong design with a slightly convex surface, typically edged with ornamental scrollwork. It is used to hold a painted or low relief depiction of a text or an image, such as a name or a symbol. The term is often associated with Egyptian hieroglyphics to enclose the names of pharaohs or royal individuals.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Cartouchnoun

   a roll or case of paper, etc., holding a charge for a firearm; a cartridge

2. Cartouchnoun

   a cartridge box

3. Cartouchnoun

   a wooden case filled with balls, to be shot from a cannon

4. Cartouchnoun

   a gunner's bag for ammunition

5. Cartouchnoun

   a military pass for a soldier on furlough

6. Cartouchnoun

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

7. Cartouchnoun

   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

8. Cartouchnoun

   an oval figure on monuments, and in papyri, containing the name of a sovereign

Military Dictionary and GazetteerRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. cartouch

   A roll or case of paper, etc., holding a charge for a fire-arm.

2. cartouch

   In gunnery, a case of wood, about 3 inches thick at the bottom, bound about with marline, holding about 400 musket-balls, besides 8 or 10 iron balls of a pound each, to be discharged from a howitzer, for the defense of a pass, etc. It also implies an article made of leather, to sling over the shoulder of the gunner, who therein carries the ammunition from the tumbril for the service of the artillery, when at exercise in the field.

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How to pronounce cartouch?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

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   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of cartouch in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of cartouch in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=cartouch
2. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=cartouch
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cartouch
4. ^ ChatGPT
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5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cartouch
6. ^ Military Dictionary and Gazetteer
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/59563/pg59563-images.html