Definition:
cartouche
- cartouchethe case containing the inflammable materials in certain fireworks
- cartouche(French) in Egyptian inscriptions, a circle with a horizontal bar at the bottom, elongated into an oval within which royal names are written also CARTOUCH
- cartoucherounded, convex surface, usually surrounded with carved ornamental scrollwork, for receiving a painted or low-relief decoration, as an escutcheon
- cartoucheoval or oblong figure, as on ancient Egyptian monuments, enclosing characters that represent the name of a sovereign