cartridge belt

American  

noun

1. a belt of leather or webbing with loops for carrying cartridges or pockets for clips of cartridges.

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cartridge belt British  

noun

1. a belt with pockets for cartridge clips or loops for cartridges

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Etymology

Origin of cartridge belt

First recorded in 1870–75

Example Sentences

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

To evade police, the frolicsome group dresses up like hunters�which explains Pamela's hip-hugging checked suit, her cartridge belt, and even the dead game look on her face.

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

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

Boys stop and ask the corpse directions; someone dresses him in a cartridge belt and helmet.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr