Definition of cartouch

• n. - A roll or case of paper, etc., holding a charge for a firearm; a cartridge
• n. - A cartridge box.
• n. - A wooden case filled with balls, to be shot from a cannon.
• n. - A gunner's bag for ammunition
• n. - A military pass for a soldier on furlough.
• n. - A cantalever, console, corbel, or modillion, which has the form of a scroll of paper
• n. - 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.
• n. - An oval figure on monuments, and in papyri, containing the name of a sovereign.