bandoleer

American  

[ban-dl-eer] / ˌbæn dlˈɪər /

Or bandolier

noun

1. a broad belt worn over the shoulder by soldiers and having a number of small loops or pockets, for holding a cartridge or cartridges.

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Other Word Forms

• bandoleered
  adjective
• bandoliered
  adjective

Etymology

Origin of bandoleer

1570–80; earlier bandollier < Middle French bandoulliere < Catalan bandolera, feminine derivative of bandoler member of a band of men ( bandol (< Spanish bando band ¹ ) + -er < Latin -ārius -ary; cf. -eer)

Example Sentences

Bandoleer, Bandolier, ban-do-lēr′, n. a leathern belt worn by musketeers, to which their ammunition was fixed.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various