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Bandolier

//ˌbændəˈlɪɹ// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    An ammunition belt, worn over the shoulder, having loops or pockets for cartridges.

    "The vivid, untrammeled life appealed to him[…]; but he was wise and knew that once peace was established there would be no room in Cuba for the Sin Verguenza. “None better to face peril or adversity with, but a change is coming, and one cannot always wear the bandolier,” he said."

  2. 2
    a broad cartridge belt worn over the shoulder by soldiers wordnet

Etymology

From earlier form bandollier, from Middle French bandoulliere, from Catalan bandolera, feminine derivative of bandoler (“member of a band of men”), from Catalan bàndol (“band, faction, party”), from Old Spanish bando.

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