Definitions

Sorry, no definitions found. Check out and contribute to the discussion of this word!

Etymologies

Sorry, no etymologies found.

Support

Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word bullet-pouch.

Examples

  • “Majdal” over the left shoulder supports on the right hip a line of Tatárif or brass cylinders for cartridges: the other cross-belt (Al – Masdar) bears on the left side the Kharízah or bullet-pouch of hide; and the Hizám or waist-belt holds the dagger and extra cartridges.

    The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night 2006

  • Each soldier was provided with a flintlock musket, powder horn, bullet-pouch, knife, and hatchet, besides enough powder and ball for 200 rounds.

    How I Found Livingstone Henry Morton 2004

  • A leather belt encircled the body; on the right side was suspended the tomahawk, to be used as a hatchet: on the left side was the hunting-knife, powder-horn, bullet-pouch, and other appendages indispensable for a hunter.

    Life of Daniel Boone, the Great Western Hunter and Pioneer Cecil B. Hartley

  • He made signs to his wives by his side, to go and bring his full dress which he wore in time of war; which having been brought in, he rose up in his bed, which was on the floor, and put on his shirt, his leggings and his moccasins, girded on his war belt, bullet-pouch and powder-horn, and laid his knife by the side of him on the floor.

    Four American Indians King Philip, Pontiac, Tecumseh, Osceola Edson Leone Whitney

  • Around his neck are swung the powder-horn and bullet-pouch, the former protected by a square of deer-skin, and the latter ornamented with a squirrel's tail.

    Western Characters or Types of Border Life in the Western States J. L. McConnel

  • The third item contained within the high-speed bullet-pouch, was a carefully edited audio-visual program intended for consumption by the public and the press.

    Oberheim (Voices) Christopher Leadem

  • The next morning, when the first rays of light appeared in the east, he was seen to emerge from his cabin with a knapsack of provisions on his back, a bundle of traps thrown over his shoulder, powder-horn and bullet-pouch by his side, and his trusty gun in his hand.

    The Forest King Wild Hunter of the Adaca Hervey Keyes

  • His bullet-pouch was made out of the head of a leopard, in which eyes of red cloth had been inserted, bringing out, by contrast, the beauty of the skin, and was suspended from a strap of brown untanned deer-hide.

    Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 363, January, 1846 Various

  • At night they encamped under some spreading tree, and, tethering their horses among the timbers, lighted a fire with the extra flint which each one carried in his bullet-pouch.

    Lippincott's Magazine Of Popular Literature And Science Old Series, Vol. 36—New Series, Vol. 10, July 1885 Various

  • This bullet-pouch was not, however, the first word that Stone had heard of the massacre.

    Oberheim (Voices) Christopher Leadem

Comments

Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.