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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 car·touch /kɑrˈtuʃ/
 渦卷飾

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Car·touch, car·touche n.; pl. Cartouches
 1. Mil. (a) A roll or case of paper, etc., holding a charge for a firearm; a cartridge. (b) A cartridge box. (c) A wooden case filled with balls, to be shot from a cannon. (d) A gunner's bag for ammunition. (e) A military pass for a soldier on furlough.
 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.
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From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 cartouch
      n : a cartridge (usually with paper casing) [syn: cartouche]