"bandirovka"

[Edward M Dumanis]

On Mon, 27 Aug 2007, Steve Marder wrote:

> ---- "Katz wrote:
>> 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.
>
> Bombardirovka.

In uneducated pronunciation, of course, that shows a low social standing 
of the soldier. (Cf., NUKELAR where this logic breaks).


Sincerely,

Edward Dumanis <dumanis at buffalo.edu>

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