Car-touch', n.

noun

(kar-tōōch'), n. [Fr. cartouche, Sp. cartucho, It. cartuccia, a small bit of paper, and cartoccio, cornet, cartouch, from carta, paper.]

(Arch.) A tablet for ornament, or to receive an inscription, formed like a sheet of paper with the edges rolled up; a modillion. Oxf. Gloss.
(Mil.) (a.) A roll or case of paper, &c., holding a charge for a fire-arm. (b.) The box containing the charge. (c.) A wooden case filled with balls, to be shot from a cannon. (d.) A ticket of leave or dismission given to a soldier.
(Egyptian Antiq.) An elliptical oval on ancient Egyptian monuments, and in papyri, containing groups of characters expressing the names or titles of kings or Pharaohs;—so called by Champollion.