Sam Browne
/samˈbraʊn
/(also Sam Browne belt)
noun
A leather belt with a supporting strap that passes over the right shoulder, worn by army and police officers.The Sam Browne belt worn by the Army officers had been abandoned in 1937 because they could not be worn under a parachute harness....
- In front were two officers on horseback, with highly polished Sam Browne belts, rifles in leather covers on the sides of their horses.
- These simple alterations allowed every officer who so desired to be armed with one of the finest sixguns ever to be worn on a Sam Browne belt.
Origin
Early 20th century: named after Sir Samuel J. Brown(e) (1824–1901), the British military commander who invented it.