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2. (Arch.) (a) A
cantalever, console, corbel, or modillion, which has the form of
a scroll of paper. (b) 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.

3. (Egyptian Antiq.) An oval
figure on monuments, and in papyri, containing the name of a
sovereign.

Car"tridge (kär"tr&ibreve;j),
n. [Formerly cartrage, corrupted fr. F.
cartouche. See Cartouch.] (Mil.) A
complete charge for a firearm, contained in, or held together by,
a case, capsule, or shell of metal, pasteboard, or other
material.

Ball cartridge, a cartridge containing a
projectile. -- Blank cartridge, a
cartridge without a projectile. -- Center-fire
cartridge, a cartridge in which the fulminate
occupies an axial position usually in the center of the base of
the capsule, instead of being contained in its rim. In the
Prussian needle gun the fulminate is applied to the middle of the
base of the bullet. -- Rim-fire cartridge,
a cartridge in which the fulminate is contained in a rim
surrounding its base.


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