Obs. Also 7–8 -oose, -ouze, -oese. [A variant of CARTOUCHE, or ad. It. cartoccio; formerly appropriated to the architectural sense.]

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  1.  A modillion or corbel; = CARTOUCHE 2 a.

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1611.  Cotgr., Modillon, a cartridge or cartoose, a foulding bracket or corbell.

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1624.  Wotton, in Reliq. (1672), 25. In the Cornice both Dentelli and Modiglioni (our artizans call them Teeth and Cartouzes).

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1660.  Bloome, Archit., A a. Mutils, that which we commonly call in English a cartouse.

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1663.  Gerbier, Counsel, 43. Masons put stone Cartoeses in the top of the inside walls, which are bearers to the Summers.

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1726.  [see CARTOUCHE 2].

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  2.  A volute; see CARTOUCHE 2 b.

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