Kartätsche

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German

Etymology

In the time of the Thirty Years’ war transmitted from English cartage, later cartradge, now cartridge.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /karˈtɛːt͡ʃə/
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Noun

Kartätsche f (genitive Kartätsche, plural Kartätschen)

  1. (weaponry, historical) canister shot, grapeshot (form of cartridge to spread hailshot bypassing its thin wall)
    Meronym: Hagel
    • 1913, Bernhard Kellermann, Der Tunnel, Berlin: S. Fischer, pages 56–57:
      Er hätte ja seine Idee langsam abbrennen können, aber er hatte sie absichtlich wie eine Kartätsche gegen seine Zuhörerschaft abgeschossen, um diesen Panzer einer scheinbaren Indifferenz, die jeden Redner hätte entmutigen können, diesen Panzer aus Phlegma, Schulung, Ermattung, Berechnung und Abwehr auf einen Schlag zu sprengen.
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  2. (masonry) Synonym of Reibebrett

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Descendants

References

  • Kartätsche” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache