Synonyms for cartridge
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : kahr-trij |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈkɑr trɪdʒ |
Définition of cartridge
Origin :- 1570s, cartage, corruption of French cartouche "a full charge for a pistol," originally wrapped in paper (16c.), from Italian cartoccio "roll of paper," an augmentative form of Medieval Latin carta "paper" (see card (n.)). The notion is of a roll of paper containing a charge for a firearm. The modern form of the English word is recorded from 1620s. Extended broadly 20c. to other small containers and their contents.
- noun shell
- If you have a horse and a gun and a cartridge, it is not so bad.
- Extract from : « A Woman Tenderfoot » by Grace Gallatin Seton-Thompson
- He was reluctant to exhaust a cartridge unless it was an absolute necessity.
- Extract from : « The Fiery Totem » by Argyll Saxby
- "Come to," laughed Simmons, sending a cartridge home with his thumb.
- Extract from : « Soldiers Three, Part II. » by Rudyard Kipling
- But Lennon thrust his rifle through the back of his cartridge belt.
- Extract from : « Bloom of Cactus » by Robert Ames Bennet
- Alfred walked over and stuck him in the throat to save a cartridge.
- Extract from : « Blazed Trail Stories » by Stewart Edward White
- "Chakzal," I replied, shoving a cartridge into the Mannlicher.
- Extract from : « In the Forbidden Land » by Arnold Henry Savage Landor
- Their cartridge boxes when opened were found to be half full.
- Extract from : « The Long Roll » by Mary Johnston
- If you have only one cartridge, save it until they are up from the cut.
- Extract from : « The Long Roll » by Mary Johnston
- As he turned to resume the cartridge quest there arose a cry.
- Extract from : « The Long Roll » by Mary Johnston
- Deliberately, he placed a cartridge in the rifle and closed the action.
- Extract from : « The Best Made Plans » by Everett B. Cole
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