Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Email
Answers.com

bandoleer

 
Dictionary: ban·do·leer or ban·do·lier (băn'də-lîr') pronunciation

n.
A belt fitted with small pockets or loops for carrying cartridges and worn across the chest by soldiers.

[French bandoulière, from Spanish bandolera, diminutive of banda, band, of Germanic origin.]


Search unanswered questions...
Enter a question here...
Search: All sources Community Q&A Reference topics
Marine Corps Dictionary: Bandoleer
Top

A cloth or canvas container of several rounds of amunition.

WordNet: bandoleer
Top
Note: click on a word meaning below to see its connections and related words.

The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: a broad cartridge belt worn over the shoulder by soldiers
  Synonym: bandolier


Wikipedia: Bandolier
Top
Mexican Revolutionary General Pancho Villa wearing two bandoliers.

A bandolier or a bandoleer is a pocketed belt for holding ammunition. It was usually slung over the chest. In its original form, it was common issue to soldiers from the 16th to 18th centuries. This was very useful for quickly reloading a musket.

A somewhat different form of the bandolier came into use in the 20th century when it accompanied modern cartridges and hand grenades. Bandoliers are now rare due to the prohibitive size of modern magazines. They are, however, still commonly used with shotguns, as individual 12 gauge shells can easily be stored in traditionally-designed bandoliers. In fact, some aftermarket shotgun slings are designed in a similar fashion to bandoliers, albeit with a far more limited capacity than true bandoliers.

The bandolier was used to keep ammunition off a soldier's hips, as carrying too much weight on the hips can constrain movement and cause difficulty in retrieving the ammunition.

In World War I and World War II, bandoliers were issued primarily to riflemen. Today bandoliers are worn by soldiers operating light machine guns and squad automatic weapons. In civilian use, bandoliers are often worn by hunters and recreational shooters using shotguns.

Bandoliers made from spent or dummy rounds are often used in fashion, sometimes in heavy metal and punk subcultures.

See also



Translations: Bandolier
Top

Dansk (Danish)
n. - bandolier, patronbælte

Français (French)
n. - bandoulière, cartouchière

Deutsch (German)
n. - Schultergürtel, Patronengurt

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - φισεκλίκι, φυσιγγιοθήκη

Italiano (Italian)
bandoliera

Português (Portuguese)
n. - bandoleira (f)

Русский (Russian)
нагрудный патронташ

Español (Spanish)
n. - bandolera, cartuchera

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - axelrem, patronbälte

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
子弹带

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 子彈帶

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 어깨에 걸치는 탄약대, 멜빵

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 弾帯, 小嚢

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮חגורת-כתף עם לולאות לכדורי רובה, פונדה‬


 
 
Learn More
bandolier
Rungus
Avaldsnes

Post a question - any question - to the WikiAnswers community:

 

Copyrights:

Dictionary. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition Copyright © 2007, 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Updated in 2009. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.  Read more
Marine Corps Dictionary. Copyright © 2003 "Unofficial Dictionary for Marines" compiled and edited by Glenn B. Knight  Read more
WordNet. WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.  Read more
Wikipedia. This article is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article "Bandolier" Read more
Translations. Copyright © 2007, WizCom Technologies Ltd. All rights reserved.  Read more