shoulder-belts

Combeferre followed, carrying the shoulder-belts and the shakos.

Les Miserables 2008

This is no Independent minister; this is a stout, honest, big-busted ancient, adjusting his shoulder-belts, twirling his long moustaches as he speaks.

Lay Morals 2005

We endeavored to eat shoulder-belts and cartouch-boxes, and contrived to swallow some small bits of them.

Thrilling Narratives of Mutiny, Murder and Piracy A weird series of tales of shipwreck and disaster, from the earliest part of the century to the present time, with accounts of providential escapes and heart-rending fatalities. Anonymous

This was done; they even went so far as to exchange their grenadiers 'caps for the hats of the Body Guards; those who were on guard took off their shoulder-belts; embraces and transports of fraternisation instantly succeeded to the savage eagerness to murder the band which had shown so much fidelity to its sovereign.

Court Memoirs of France Series — Complete Various

We endeavoured to eat shoulder-belts and cartouch-boxes, and contrived to swallow some small bits of them.

Perils and Captivity Comprising The sufferings of the Picard family after the shipwreck of the Medusa, in the year 1816; Narrative of the captivity of M. de Brisson, in the year 1785; Voyage of Madame Godin along the river of the Amazons, in the year 1770. Pierre Raymond de Brisson

Besides these, rue-raddies, or shoulder-belts of hide, with a strap attached to the sides of the boat, were adapted to the height of each man, and each of the party was assigned a position in the craft, from which there was to be no deviation.

Adrift in the Ice-Fields Charles W. Hall

In the Abruzzi a pasteboard figure of the Carnival is carried by four grave-diggers with pipes in their mouths and bottles of wine slung at their shoulder-belts.

Chapter 28. The Killing of the Tree-Spirit. § 2. Burying the Carnival 1922

In the Abruzzi a pasteboard figure of the Carnival is carried by four grave-diggers with pipes in their mouths and bottles of wine slung at their shoulder-belts.

The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion 1922

In the Abruzzi a pasteboard figure of the Carnival is carried by four grave-diggers with pipes in their mouths and bottles of wine slung at their shoulder-belts.

The Golden Bough James George Frazer 1897

By a little camp-fire, booted, spurred, slouch-hatted, like his troopers, and muffled in a light-blue overcoat that could not be told from theirs, the major commanding was giving brief directions to three troopers who stood silently before him, their carbines dangling from their broad shoulder-belts, with the reins of their chargers in hand.

To The Front A Sequel to Cadet Days Charles King 1888