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Meanings of bandolier in English

Russian
бандельера
Portuguese
cartucheira
Catalan
bandolera
Spanish
cananas

Pocketed belt worn to hold either individual bullets, or belts, of ammunition.

бандельера
Usage of bandolier in English
1
A bandolier of grenades fit neatly across the front of the harness.
The Complete Alien Omnibus
2
Yuri has stowed his rifle in a bandolier slung over his shoulder.
Grand junction
3
Tyrena smiled and clicked black fingernails along the cartridges in her bandolier.
The Hyperion Cantos
4
Which is a totally standard sock puppet that's brown and has a bandolier.
The Irish Times
5
But Raffles lay looking at me as he lightened his bandolier.
Raffles: Further Adventures of the Amateur Cracksman
6
Each sported a bandolier loaded with what looked like oversized bracelets.
Anathem
7
There were seven grenades left on his bandolier, enough for a pretty powerful explosion.
The god machine
8
Here is your bandolier, slip that on first; there is your coat and hat.
With Buller in Natal, Or, a Born Leader
9
Williams was already cramming his bandolier with cartridges and buckling it over his shoulder.
The Return of Blue Pete
10
He was examining a bandolier that had blood on it.
Jimgrim and Allah's Peace
11
I took his rifle, with fixed bayonet, and bandolier and fifty rounds from him.
With the "Die-Hards" in Siberia
12
He wore a battered flak jacket topped off with a bandolier of incendiary grenades.
The Bride Wore Black Leather
13
Drape the shaft bandolier-style across your chest, to keep the axe available for either hand.
Climbing Magazine
14
I scrabbled backwards along the scorpion gun's flank, unstrapping a second bomb from the bandolier.
Woken furies
15
Not that it did me much good, that bandolier.
Brave New World
16
He had a bandolier of grenades slung across his chest, plus another in his hand.
New Blood
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