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BANDOLIER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does bandolier mean?
• BANDOLIER (noun)
The noun BANDOLIER has 1 sense:
1. a broad cartridge belt worn over the shoulder by soldiers
Familiarity information: BANDOLIER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A broad cartridge belt worn over the shoulder by soldiers
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
bandoleer; bandolier
Hypernyms ("bandolier" is a kind of...):
cartridge belt (a broad belt with loops or pockets for holding ammunition)
Context examples
We had each bandoliers of cartridges.
(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
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