Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Carte

Carte , noun

[F. See 1st Card.]

1.
Bill of fare.
2.
Short for Carte de visite.

Carte , noun

[French quarte, prop., a fourth. Compare Quart.]

(Fencing) A position in thrusting or parrying, with the inside of the hand turned upward and the point of the weapon toward the adversary's right breast.

Also: Quarte