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/kˈɑrtrədʒ/ /kˈɑrtrɪdʒ/ Listen

noun

Cartridge n. (Mil.) A complete charge for a firearm, contained in, or held together by, a case, capsule, or shell of metal, pasteboard, or other material.

Ball cartridge, a cartridge containing a projectile.

Blank cartridge, a cartridge without a projectile.

Center-fire cartridge, a cartridge in which the fulminate occupies an axial position usually in the center of the base of the capsule, instead of being contained in its rim. In the Prussian needle gun the fulminate is applied to the middle of the base of the bullet.

Rim-fire cartridge, a cartridge in which the fulminate is contained in a rim surrounding its base.

Cartridge bag, a bag of woolen cloth, to hold a charge for a cannon.

Cartridge belt, a belt having pockets for cartridges.

Cartridge box, a case, usually of leather, attached to a belt or strap, for holding cartridges.

Cartridge paper.

(a)

A thick stout paper for inclosing cartridges.

(b)

A rough tinted paper used for covering walls, and also for making drawings upon.

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Etymology of 'Cartridge'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Cartridge" Quotes from Famous Books

... been trying to get the wrong end of a cartridge into the barrel of one of the revolvers, straightened himself ...

— The Man in Lower Ten • Mary Roberts Rinehart

... threw them up on the bank, and then he and Jacky short-hobbled the horses, and let them feed. The blackboy had stripped himself of every article of clothing, except the remnants of his shirt, which he had tied round his loins; over it was strapped his leather belt with its cartridge pouch. ...

— Chinkie's Flat and Other Stories - 1904 • Louis Becke

... good available soil under a shallow layer of hardpan, which you say is four feet from the surface, it might be of considerable advantage to bore into the hardpan and explode a dynamite cartridge in it. But if your good soil is really only four feet deep and hardpan continuous below, the blast might cause fissures which would prevent standing water in the upper stratum. If you are sure of four feet of good soil above the hardpan you will have no difficulty ...

— One Thousand Questions in California Agriculture Answered • E.J. Wickson

... fearing I might damage it, laid it down with the intention of lighting the fire to thaw it. My curiosity, however, overcame my prudence, and on opening it carefully with my knife, I came to a roll of cartridge paper with the impression fresh upon the seals. My astonishment may be conceived on finding it contained an account of the proceedings of H. M. ship 'Investigator' since parting company with the 'Herald' [Captain Kellett's old ship] in August, ...

— If, Yes and Perhaps - Four Possibilities and Six Exaggerations with Some Bits of Fact • Edward Everett Hale

... before we're done. Stiffen your lip and stand, my son; We'll take this bloomin' circus on: Ball-cartridge load! Now, steady!' With a curse and a prayer the two faced round, Dogged and grim they stood their ground, And their breech-blocks snapped with a crisp clean sound As the ...

— Songs of Action • Arthur Conan Doyle

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