a broad belt worn over the shoulder by soldiers and having a number of small loops or pockets, for holding a cartridge or cartridges
Also: bandolier
Derived forms
bandoleeredbandoliered
adjective
Word origin
[1570–80; earlier bandollier ‹ MF bandoulliere ‹ Catalan bandolera, fem. deriv. of bandoler member of a band of men (bandol (‹ Sp bandoband1) + -er ‹ L -ārius-ary; cf. -eer)]This word is first recorded in the period 1570–80. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: balloon, deadhead, pigeonhole, skeleton, snag