Usually means: Enclosing oval around Egyptian hieroglyphs.
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General (20 matching dictionaries)
  1. cartouche: Merriam-Webster
  2. cartouche: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. cartouche: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. cartouche: Collins English Dictionary
  5. cartouche: Vocabulary.com
  6. Cartouche, cartouche: Wordnik
  7. cartouche: Wiktionary
  8. cartouche: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. cartouche: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. cartouche: Dictionary.com
  11. cartouche: Online Etymology Dictionary
  12. Cartouche (cartography), Cartouche (design), Cartouche (disambiguation), Cartouche (film), Cartouche (group), Cartouche (hieroglyph), Cartouche: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  13. cartouche: Rhymezone
  14. cartouche (f): AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  15. Cartouche: E Cobham Brewer, The Reader's Handbook
  16. cartouche: FreeDictionary.org
  17. cartouche: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  18. cartouche: Mnemonic Dictionary
  19. cartouche: TheFreeDictionary.com
  20. cartouche: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations

Art (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. cartouche: ArtLex Lexicon of Visual Art Terminology
  2. CARTOUCHE: The Britannia Lexicon (Middle Ages Glossary)
  3. Glossary of Stamp Collecting Terms (No longer online)

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Construction Term Glossary (No longer online)

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. cartouche: Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Encyclopedia of Graphic Symbols (No longer online)
  2. cartouche: Wordcraft Dictionary

Science (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Archaeology Wordsmith (No longer online)

Tech (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Book Binding (No longer online)
  2. Urban Conservation Glossary (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (cartouche)

noun:  (architecture) An ornamental figure, often on an oval shield.
noun:  (Egyptology, hieroglyphs) An oval figure containing the characters of an important personal name, such as that of royal or divine people.
noun:  (firearms) A paper cartridge.
noun:  (firearms) A wooden case filled with balls, to be shot from a cannon.
noun:  (firearms) A gunner's bag for ammunition.
noun:  (military) A military pass for a soldier on furlough.

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