Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A leather pouch lined with sheepskin with the wool on, formerly used by mounted soldiers to carry metallic cartridges. It was attached to the waist-belt.
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Examples
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His powder-case, his cartridge-pouch, his lead, and his bullets, did not exceed a certain weight prescribed by the doctor.
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I felt no inclination to stay any longer, and was about to take my departure, when it struck me that I might as well arm myself with my defunct antagonist's rifle and cartridge-pouch.
Under the Dragon Flag My Experiences in the Chino-Japanese War James Allan
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He was hauled roughly to his feet, his rifle snatched from his hand, and his cartridge-pouch torn away.
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Karl, somewhat uncertain as to the success of his request, asked whether he might have his fathers gun and cartridge-pouch for the afternoon as he had to go to the drill-ground.
Paras. 199 1917
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Karl hung the shining cartridge-pouch over his shoulder, took the gun and hurried off as fast as he could go to the drill-ground, where he arrived only just in time.
Paras. 199 1917
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Leaning against the bookcase was a well-kept, shining musket with a short side-arm hanging on it and a cartridge-pouch in which, at all times, there were thirty cartridges.
Paras. 199 1917
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"I've got a Boche drinking-cup," says Barque; "it's flat, so it goes into a side pocket if you like, or it goes very well into a cartridge-pouch, once you've fired the damn things off or pitched them into a bag."
Under Fire: the story of a squad Henri Barbusse 1904
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Kit could hear the rattle of his cartridge-pouch flopping as he ran.
The Gentleman A Romance of the Sea Alfred Ollivant 1900
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Kit was in the cellar stripping his belt and cartridge-pouch from
The Gentleman A Romance of the Sea Alfred Ollivant 1900
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In her cartridge-pouch she carried the flat, sealed packet which Clinch had trusted to her.
The Flaming Jewel 1899
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