Il arrangea cette corde en bandoulière autour de son corps : elle le gênait beaucoup, son volume étant énorme ; les nœuds l’empêchaient de former masse, et elle s’écartait à plus de dix-huit pouces du corps.
He arranged this cord as a bandolier about his body: it greatly embarrassed him, its bulk was enormous; the knots prevented it from being wound close, and it projected more than eighteen inches from his body.