Definitions
Wiktionary
- n. An ammunition belt, worn over the shoulder, having loops or pockets for cartridges.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a broad cartridge belt worn over the shoulder by soldiers
Examples
“At this point, a further word about this "bandolier" or "sash" wearing of the folded chasuble seems relevant, particularly as we prepare to consider the folded chasuble in modern usage.”
“Alexander held his sword ready, counting again the number of grenades in his bandolier.”
“He firmed his hand on the sword and took a grenade from his bandolier, pulling the pin with his teeth and spitting it out.”
“Now, as an Al Qaeda field commander sporting a bandolier of bullets, he is threatening the United States and has been hailed by a militant Web site as a veteran guerrilla and "a fomenter of war.”
News about one freed Guantanamo Bay prisoner that you won't find reported on the BBC
“I donned my jacket which did not fit well at all over my web gear and bandolier of ammo.”
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“He cut a dashing figure on horseback with his sombrero, bandolier and moustache.”
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“Sabriel was awesome, pretty much everything I could want in a novel – in brief, a teenaged necromancer with a pale skin and black hair and a glowing, rune-covered sword battles the forces of evil with a bandolier of silver bells that send the dead back to where the dead should be.”
“Carl calmly took his .475 double rifle, while his gunbearer went through the patient ritual of taking out and holding up for Carl's inspection every single bullet from the bandolier.”
“With examples lined up like bullets on a bandolier, Lovins cites company after company that has boosted its profits and market share with energy efficiency and renewable energy technologies.”
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“A militia man allied with the government lounges in a plastic chair, a bandolier of bullets draped over his shoulders.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘bandolier’.
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IMCO - EU nomenclature
includes words of the "Prodcom list"
veal, valve, used, yak, wax, wan, teak, vat, vas, strip, use, strap and 4515 more...
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phrontistery - b
List of words from phrontistery.info
bywoner, byssus, byssiferous, byssaceous, byrnie, butyric, butyraceous, buttery, buteonine, bunting, burdet, broma and 582 more...
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Jesse's random
bathos, dragoman, tessellated, escutcheon, eikon, mondaine, basilisk, ciborium, rubric, machicolation, jet, defalcation and 198 more...
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Steampunk
Words used quite often in steampunk
ansible, airship, chymical, valve, clockwork, dirigible, thaumaturgy, copper, bronze, difference engine, gear, rivets and 516 more...
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Bands
band, bands, The Band, Band, rubber band, gum band, Geneva bands, preaching bands, barrister's bands, Band-Aid, wedding band, Citizens' Band and 55 more...
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colleen's words
yellow, green, pie, blue, fur, people, incense, book, brown, avuncular, mountain, fog and 1316 more...
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AbraxasZugzwang's Words
atavism, abraxas, sisyphean, frust, fetus-in-fetu, arhythmically, queef, epidemiology, abecedarian, troglodyte, chiaroscuro, philology and 631 more...
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Aequoria's list
affect, deleterious, nuance, pliant, verbatim, pertinent, latter, municipality, provincial, voyeuristic, circumlocution, wane and 798 more...
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Just 'cause I like 'em, B
bloviate, bejesus, brouhaha, behoove, bodacious, bamboozle, banshee, bub, bolus, blob, bubbly, bleb and 414 more...
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BetaRish's Words
brigand, teetotum, internship, thribble, neologism, readies, resfest, tohubohu, tanzen, regression, nutlet, bandolier and 111 more...
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dirtysnowflake's Words
snowflake, parisian, couture, mystery, ruby, clandestine, corset, october, list, touch, caress, aboulia and 156 more...
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Words to remember
adventive, affectation, ambiguous, anachronism, anesis, antithetic, apostasy, attenuate, authenticity, autodidact, -fic, bandolier and 146 more...
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limeade's list
rust, vetiver, marigold, chrysanthemum, alizarin, jasper, chalcedony, tourmaline, pendeloque, ember, molasses, crypt and 24 more...
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.attire
anadem, cloak, crinoline, diadem, phylactery, parasol, pelerine, scepter, poulaine, victorine, bandolier, ficelle and 3 more...
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The Road
Words from McCarthy's masterpiece
kudzu, patterans, cakebell, culvert, catamite, bivouacked, krugerrand, mendicant, formica, phalanx, rachitic, lacquered and 34 more...
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Prady_GRE_Words
GRE Words and their usage
bereave, pungent, besmirch, falter, vitriolic, conceited, gamut, enclave, allude, inextricable, predicament, concoct and 63 more...
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