[app. a. F. carton papier-mâché, pasteboard, f. carte: see CARTOON.] In rifle practice: A white disc or circle within the bull’s-eye of a target; also a shot that strikes this; attrib. as in carton-target.
1864. Daily Tel., 15 July, 3/3. Captain Heaton, out of 27 shots at 500 yards made 26 bull’s-eyes, of which 13 were cartons…. These Swiss carton targets, at which the Vernon prizes are shot for, were so crowded during the day [etc.].
