Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A structure or figure, often in the shape of an oval shield or oblong scroll, used as an architectural or graphic ornament or to bear a design or inscription.
- noun An oval or oblong figure in ancient Egyptian hieroglyphics that encloses characters expressing the names or epithets of royal or divine personages.
- noun A heavy paper cartridge case.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A roll or case of paper holding a charge for a firearm; a cartridge.
- noun A cartridge-box (which see).
- noun A case of wood bound about with marline, containing several iron balls of a pound each and about 400 musket-balls, to be fired from a cannon or howitzer. Farrow, Mil. Encyc.
- noun An oval or oblong figure on ancient Egyptian monuments and in papyri, containing groups of characters expressing the names or titles of royal personages and, rarely, of deities: a name given by Champollion.
- noun A painted, engraved, or sculptured ornament of irregular or fantastic form, inclosing a plain central space used as a field for inscriptions, etc.
- noun In heraldry, a name given in England to the oval escutcheon often seen in Italian heraldry, and generally considered to be peculiar to ecclesiastics.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun architecture An
ornamental figure , often on anoval shield . - noun an oval figure containing
characters that represent thenames ofroyal ordivine people. - noun A
paper cartridge .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a cartridge (usually with paper casing)
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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The wood of this cartouche is the same as that of the basilisks upon the arms, being very hard and close-grained, and of a tawny, yellow hue, like boxwood.
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Her cartouche is sculptured in the space between her right arm and left knee, but the hieroglyphic characters have been erased, and it is no longer legible.
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The insubordinate ringleader is dismissed with 'yellow furlough,' yellow infamous thing they call cartouche jaune: but ten new ringleaders rise in his stead, and the yellow cartouche ceases to be thought disgraceful.
The French Revolution Thomas Carlyle 1838
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A symbol called a cartouche is like a pharaoh's stamp with his or her name on it.
Archive 2010-05-01 Lauri 2010
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A symbol called a cartouche is like a pharaoh's stamp with his or her name on it.
A trip to Luxor Lauri 2010
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To the captives, the cartouche was a message of hope, as a sign that they were not outside the sphere of Egypt.
A Desert Drama Being The Tragedy Of The "Korosko" Arthur Conan Doyle 1894
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For the hieroglyphics, why not include a "cartouche" I don't know the English translation with Nefertari's name?
Covers, Egyptian Style Julianne Douglas 2008
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Moslems: in one of the Mameluke Soldans 'sepulchres near Cairo I found a granite slab bearing the "cartouche" (shield) of Khufu
Arabian nights. English Anonymous 1855
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There were a ton of cool things in Dr. El-Baz's office, including a photomural of the space shuttle behind his desk and a cartouche with his name written out in hieroglyphics.
Zoe P. Strassfield: The Best First Day of School Ever! Zoe P. Strassfield 2011
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There were a ton of cool things in Dr. El-Baz's office, including a photomural of the space shuttle behind his desk and a cartouche with his name written out in hieroglyphics.
Zoe P. Strassfield: The Best First Day of School Ever! Zoe P. Strassfield 2011
man commented on the word cartouche
Elongated 2D oval shape or outline inside which words are written
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December 19, 2006
dimã©lion commented on the word cartouche
drawing of magic rope for the purpose of preserving memory.
April 22, 2009