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
Sometimes even he carries a pistol, a very large pistol with a commensurate cartridge belt.
From Time Magazine Archive
Out of the ring, his .favorite pastime is to parade down Broadway, dressed in a gold-braided Cossack tunic with cartridge belt, boots, an astrakhan hat.
From Time Magazine Archive
He buckled on his shoulder cartridge belt and rode with the Captains, the first horse show he had ever ridden in in his life.
From Time Magazine Archive
But when she unbuckled her white patent cartridge belt and hung it carefully over the back of a chair, he began to suspect that he had been mistaken.
From "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley
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