cartridge belt
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of cartridge belt
First recorded in 1870–75
Example Sentences
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The new head of administrative affairs at the Education Ministry, also a mullah, wore a cartridge belt to his appointment ceremony in December.
From New York Times • Jan. 13, 2022
A pretty woman threw open her white fur coat; round her slim waist was a leather cartridge belt and a bolstered Smith & Wesson.
From Time Magazine Archive
Proudest of the warriors was General Machacha's chief adjutant who went cantering by on a donkey, magnificently arrayed in stiff shirt, dinner jacket, crossed cartridge belt.
From Time Magazine Archive
He wore a bright red sombrero, glittering hornrimmed spectacles, and a gold-&-silver-studded cartridge belt that held four rows of shells, and was so broad that he could not bend at the waist.
From Time Magazine Archive
Oh, and that reminds me,” she said, as she came back from the bathroom, “Fanny Crowne wants to know where you found that lovely green morocco-surrogate cartridge belt you gave me.”
From "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley
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