Frederick Engels. Cartouch

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.

Written between January 8 and 22, 1858

Reproduced from The New Ameri-

can Cyclopaedia First published m The New American Cyclopaedia, Vol. IV, 1859