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CARTRIDGE (corruption of Fr. cartouche), a case, of brass or other metal, cardboard, silk, flannel, etc., containing an explosive charge, and usually the projectile also, for small arms and ordnance (see Ammunition).

Note - this article incorporates content from Encyclopaedia Britannica, Eleventh Edition, (1910-1911)

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