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bandoleer, -ier|bændəˈlɪə(r)|
Forms: 6 bandollier, -dileare, 6–7 bande-, 7 bandileer(e, -leir, -lier, bandlier, bandooleer(e, -leir, -lier, 8 bandaleer, 6–9 bandalier, 7–9 bandelier, 7– bandoleer, -ier, Also, 7 bandileero, -iliero, -aliero.
[a. F. bandouillere (Cotgr. 1611), mod. bandoulière; from It. bandoliera, or Sp. bandolera, f. bandola, dim. of banda band. With the forms in -ero, cf. -ado2.]
†1. A broad belt, worn over the shoulder and across the breast, by which a wallet might be suspended at the side. Obs.
a1577Gascoigne Flowers, Herbs, etc. (1587) 186 As Bandolliers for who in mountains dwelles. a1626Middleton Black Bk. Wks. V. 517, I threw mine arms, like a scarf or bandileer, cross the lieutenants melancholy bosom. 1634Heywood Witches of Lanc. ii. Wks. 1874 IV. 201, I have..this my bandileer of bottles, to fill to night. 1767Ducarel Anglo-Norm. Antiq. 47 Their surplices covered with Bandaleer's of flowers.
transf. or fig.1598Sylvester Du Bartas (1608) 370 Three thousand times the sun Hath gallopt round Heaven's golden bandeleer.
2. esp. A belt of this kind worn by soldiers; orig. it helped to support the musket, and had also attached twelve little cases, each containing a charge for the musket; later, a shoulder-belt fitted with little loops, in which cartridges are suspended.
1596Unton Invent. 3 Six musketts with bandileares. 1622F. Markham Bk. Warre i. ix. 3 To this Bandiliere shall bee fastened by long double strings, that they may with more ease be brought to the mouth of the musquet, one large priming charge..and at least twelve other charges. 1672Chas. II. Warrant 2 Apr., One matchlocke musquet, with a collar of bandaliero. 1768Sterne Sent. Journ. (1774) I. 321 A rusty old sword, and a bandoleer. 1818Scott Leg. Montrose ii, A bandelier containing his charges of ammunition. 1885Daily News 20 Feb. 5/6 Mounted infantry..in..Khaki helmets, puggarees, bandoliers.
3. By transference: in sing. One of the cases or boxes containing a charge for the musket; hence used in pl. as = prec.
1611Cotgr., Bandovilleres, a musketiers bandooleers; or charges like little boxes, hanging at a belt about his necke. 1624Capt. Smith Virginia iv. 160 Master Argent had put his Bandileir of powder in his hat. a1659Cleveland Wks. 30 Like Cartrages, or Linnen Bandileers Exhausted of their Sulphurous Contents. 1728Fielding Love in Masques Wks. 1775 I. 76 Get down my broad-sword and bandaliers. 1818Scott Hrt. Midl. xii, ‘He was in his bandaliers to hae joined the ungracious Highlanders in 1715.’ |