BANDOLEE'RS, noun A large leathern belt, thrown over the right shoulder, and hanging under the left arm; worn by ancient musketeers for sustaining their fire arms, and their musket charges, which being put into little wooden cases, and coated with leather, were hung, to the number of twelve, to each bandoleer.
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Webster's Dictionary 1828
American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.