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
From the man's cartridge belt dangled a huge pistol.
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
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 spied the ascot beneath the flight jacket, the cartridge belt criss-crossing his torso, the Bowie knife, and the crowning touch, a World War I Von Richtofen flying cap.
From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy
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