Sam Browne belt

noun

leather belt supported by a strap over the right shoulder

• Hypernyms: ↑belt

• Part Holonyms: ↑military uniform

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noun or sam browne \\ˌsa]mˌbrau̇n-, ˌsaa]\

Usage: usually capitalized S & 1st B

Etymology: after Sir Samuel James Browne died 1901 British army officer

: a leather belt for a dress uniform supported by a light strap passing over the right shoulder

a Mountie's Sam Browne — Andrew Bishop

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/sam" brown"/

a sword belt having a supporting strap over the right shoulder, formerly worn by officers in the U.S. Army, now sometimes worn as part of the uniform by police officers, guards, and army officers in other nations.

[1910-15; named after its inventor, British general Samuel Browne (1824-1901)]

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Sam Browne belt «SAM BROWN»,

a leather belt supported by a light strap passing over the shoulder, worn by British and American army officers, especially in World War I, and by policemen and others.

╂[< Sir Samuel Browne, 1824-1901, a British general, who invented it]

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[sam 'broun]

n. a leather belt with a supporting strap that passes over the right shoulder, worn by army and police officers

Origin:

early 20th cent.: named after Sir Samuel J. Brown(e) (1824 - 1901), the British military commander who invented it

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Sam Browne [Sam Browne] (also Sam Browne belt) noun (BrE)

a type of leather belt with a strap that passes from the left side over the right shoulder, worn by British army officers, certain police officers, etc.