bandolier en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˌbændəˈlɪə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- (US) audio
- /ˌbændəˈlɪɹ/ (General-American)
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.
Meanings
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An ammunition belt, worn over the shoulder, having loops or pockets for cartridges.
[…] with the casual but combative look of the urban photographer, black T-shirt and baseball boots, twenty-pocketed waistcoat and bandolier of film.
2004, Alan Hollinghurst, chapter 3, in The Line of Beauty […], London: Picador, →ISBN: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.
1907 January, Harold Bindloss, chapter 32, in The Dust of Conflict, 1st Canadian edition, Toronto, Ont.: McLeod & Allen, →OCLC:We had each bandoliers of cartridges.
1912, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Lost World […], London; New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton, →OCLC:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| bandileer | alternative | lexicographic | |
| bandelier | alternative | lexicographic | |
| bandoleer | alternative | lexicographic | |
| bandoliers | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
bandolierwise · bandolier bag · bandoliered
Translations (36)
sh redenik (an ammunition belt) · tk patrondaş (an ammunition belt) · es bandolera (an ammunition belt) · pt cartucheira (an ammunition belt) · el αορτήρας (an ammunition belt) · no bandolær (an ammunition belt) · az patrondaş (an ammunition belt) · pt patrona (an ammunition belt) · pl bandolet (an ammunition belt) · es canana (an ammunition belt) · it bandoliera (an ammunition belt) · es fornitura (an ammunition belt) · da bandoler (an ammunition belt) · de Bandalier (an ammunition belt) · hu pantallér (an ammunition belt) · bg патрондаш (an ammunition belt) · tk hatar (an ammunition belt) · pt canana (an ammunition belt) · tr fişeklik (an ammunition belt) · mi pakihere (an ammunition belt) · de Patronengurt (an ammunition belt) · es charpa (an ammunition belt) · wbk gërdënei (an ammunition belt) · quc uximb'al q'aq' (an ammunition belt) · fr bandoulière (an ammunition belt) · pl bandolier (an ammunition belt) · fr ceinture à munitions (an ammunition belt) · sh реденик (an ammunition belt) · ca canana (an ammunition belt) · de Bandelier (an ammunition belt) · fi ammusvyö (an ammunition belt) · fa فانوسقه (an ammunition belt) · de Bandolier (an ammunition belt) · fr cartouchière (an ammunition belt) · mk ре́деник (an ammunition belt) · ru патронта́ш (an ammunition belt)