Bandoleer

[Fr. bandoulière; Sp. bandolera.] ( Mil.) Before the invention of the cartridge, q. V., soldiers' muskets were provided with matchlocks, a very slow and ineffective contrivance for firing. The musketeers were furnished with gunpowder in small cylindrical boxes made of wood, tin, or leather, each containing sufficient for one charge. Twelve of these little boxes were fixed to a belt called a bandoleer, worn over the left shoulder. The noise they made, when agitated by the wind, but more especially the danger of all taking fire from the match-cord, occasioned their disuse about the year 1640. Ban'doline, n. ( Perf.) A glutinous pomade, used to fix or retain ladies' hair when dre ed in bands. - A good B. may be readily prepared by di olving 1 oz. tragacanth in 10 oz. alcohol and 30 oz. water; and after letting it stand for two days, straining the mucilage and perfuming it with some drops of e ence of lemon.