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CARTRIDGE (corruption of Fr. cartouche)

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Originally appearing in Volume V05, Page 435 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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CARTRIDGE (corruption of Fr. cartouche)

CARTRIDGE (corruption of Fr. See also:
CARTOUCHE (a French word adapted from the Ital. cartoccio, a roll of paper, Med Lat. carta, for charta, paper)
cartouche) , a See also:

case, of See also:

brass or other See also:

metal, cardboard, See also:

SILK

silk, See also:

FLANNEL

flannel, &c., containing an ex-plosive See also:

charge, and usually the projectile also, for small arms and See also:

ORDNANCE (a syncopated form of " ordinance " or " ordonnance," so spelt in this sense since the 17th century)

ordnance (see See also:

AMMUNITION

AMMUNITION) .

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