bandolier

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a belt worn over one shoulder with loops or pockets for carrying cartridges

   Each scout carried extra ammunition in a bandolier across the chest.

From earlier English bandollier and Middle French bandoulliere, from Catalan bandolera, a feminine derivative of bandoler ("member of an armed band"). That word comes from Catalan bàndol ("band, faction, party"), ultimately related to Spanish bando.

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