Definition of "cartridge-box" []

• A portable case or box of leather, with cells for holding cartridges. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "The alarm spread instantly through the camp, and in a moment the command turned out for action, somewhat in deshabille it is true, but none the less effective, for every man had grabbed his rifle and cartridge-box at the first alarm."
• "An empty cartridge-box, a man killed, cannot be replaced."
• "Another spread out over his coat the cross-belt and cartridge-box of a National Guardsman, the cover of the cartridge-box being ornamented with this inscription in red worsted:"