† cartousen.
Obsolete.
1. A modillion or corbel; = cartouche n. 2a.
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1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Modillon, a cartridge or cartoose, a foulding bracket or corbell.
1624 H. Wotton Elements Archit. in Reliquiæ Wottonianæ (1672) 25 In the Cornice both Dentelli and Modiglioni (our artizans call them Teeth and Cartouzes).
1660 tr. H. Blum Bk. Five Collumnes Archit. (new ed.) A a Mutils, that which we commonly call in English a cartouse.
1663 B. Gerbier Counsel to Builders 43 Masons put stone Cartoeses in the top of the inside walls, which are bearers to the Summers.
1726 R. Neve Builder's Dict. (1736) Cartooses, Cartouzes, or as some call 'em Cartouches are the same as Modilions..under the cornice at the Eaves of a House..ornaments representing scrolls of paper: But most commonly are flat Members with Wavings for a device.
2. A volute; see cartouche n. 2b.
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