"bandirovka"

[Katz, Michael]

Dear colleagues:

The word occurs in Tolstoy's "Sevastopol v dekabre." A soldier is explaining
how he was wounded:

Na pyatom baksione... Kak pervaya bandirovka byla: navel pushku, stal
otkhodit', etakim manerom, k drugoi ambrazure, kak on udarit menya....

Can anyone help with the meaning of bandirovka?

Many thanks.

Michael Katz

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