Cartouch

Author(s)	Friedrich Engels
Written	22 January 1858

First published m The New American Cyclopaedia, Vol. IV, 1859
Reproduced from The New American Cyclopaedia
Source : Marx-Engels Collected Works, Volume 18

Collection(s): New American Cyclopaedia

Cartouch (Fr. cartouche), in old military works, used sometimes as synonymous with case or grape shot. It is also now and then used to designate the cartridge-box of the infantry soldier.— In architecture and sculpture, a block or modillion in a cornice, and generally an ornament on which there is some device or inscription.