in the military art, a case of pasteboard or parchment, holding the exact charge of a fire-arm. Those for muskets, carbines, and pistols, hold both the powder and ball for the charge; and those of cannon and mortars are usually in cases of pasteboard or tin, sometimes of wood, half a foot long, adapted to the calibre of the piece.

CARTRIDGE-box, a case of wood or turned iron, covered with leather, holding a dozen musquet-cartridges. It is wore upon a belt, and hangs a little lower than the right pocket-hole.