† carˈtouse Obs.
Also 7–8 -oose, -ouze, -oese.
[A variant of cartouche, or ad. It. cartoccio; formerly appropriated to the architectural sense.]
1. A modillion or corbel; = cartouche 2 a.
| 1611 Cotgr., Modillon, a cartridge or cartoose, a foulding bracket or corbell. 1624 Wotton in Reliq. (1672) 25 In the Cornice both Dentelli and Modiglioni (our artizans call them Teeth and Cartouzes). 1660 H. Bloome Archit. A a, Mutils, that which we commonly call in English a cartouse. 1663 Gerbier Counsel 43 Masons put stone Cartoeses in the top of the inside walls, which are bearers to the Summers. 1726 [see cartouche 2]. |
2. A volute; see cartouche 2 b.