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Definition of "cartouch" [car•touch]

  • (noun)
  • A roll or case of paper, etc., holding a charge for a firearm; a cartridge. (noun)
  • A cartridge box. (noun)
  • A wooden case filled with balls, to be shot from a cannon. (noun)
  • A gunner's bag for ammunition. (noun)

Gnu Collaboartive International Dictionary of English: licensed under The Code Project Open License (CPOL)

Use "cartouch" in a sentence
  • "Mr. Roe's next care was to reload, but to his extreme mortification and dismay he found his cartouch box had turned round in the belt and every cartridge had dropped out: being thus deprived of his ammunition, and having no other resource left but to make his escape, he turned round and ran towards the beach; at the same time shouting loudly to apprize our people of his danger."
  • "Providentially a small barrel of water, a cag of wine, some biscuit, and a few muskets and cartouch boxes, had been thrown into the boat."
  • "A neighbour of mine very lately killed a chief who had been tattooed by Aranghie, and, appreciating the artist's work so highly, he skinned the chieftain's thighs, and covered his cartouch box with it."
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