kardoes

Inherited from Dutch kardoes (“blackpowder load”), from Middle French cartouche, Italian cartoccio, derived from Latin carta.

• IPA^(key): /karˈdus/

kardoes (plural kardoese, diminutive kardoesie)

1. paper bag; brown bag
2. paper cone; piece of paper (usually small) twisted into a cone or spout shape, in which items like sweets or tobacco can be stored
3. (historical) packaging of black powder charges for cannons and firearms

• woefkardoes

• IPA^(key): /kɑrˈdus/
• Hyphenation: kar‧does
• Rhymes: -us

Borrowed from Middle French cartouche, Italian cartoccio, derived from Latin carta.

kardoes f (plural kardoezen, diminutive kardoesje n)

1. (historical) a package or cartridge containing one charge of black powder for a cannon [from 16th c.]
2. (dated) a pack of tobacco, in particular snuff [19th to 20th c.]

• kartets

• Afrikaans: kardoes

Either from kardoespapier, with kardoes in the sense of etymology 1, or directly from the above sense.

kardoes n (plural kardoezen, diminutive kardoesje n)

1. (archaic) a thick type of paper

• → Caribbean Javanese: kerdhus
• → Indonesian: kardus

Perhaps from kardoeshond.

kardoes m (plural kardoezen, diminutive kardoesje n)

1. (dated) a kind of medium-sized dog with curly hair, comparable to a poodle or terrier

• does

kardoes

1. Superseded spelling of kardus.