noun
or ban·do·leer also ban·de·lier or ban·di·leer |bandə|li(ə)r, -aan-, -liə
( -s )
Etymology: Middle French bandouliere, from Old Spanish bandolera, from bandolero highwayman, partisan, from Catalan bandoler, from bàndol band, from Spanish bando, of Germanic origin; akin to Gothic bandwo, bandwa sign — more at banner
: a belt worn over the shoulder and across the breast often for the suspending of some article or as a part of an official or ceremonial dress: as
a. obsolete : one used to carry a wallet
b. : one from which the small tubular cases containing charges for a musket were suspended
c.
(1) : one having a series of loops for individual cartridges
(2) : one having a series of pouches, each holding one or more cartridge clips, and now used chiefly for carrying ammunition supplementary to that in the cartridge belt