Gazyr

A gazyr (Abkhaz: Аҳазырҭрақәа/а-хьазыр, Adyghe: хьэзыр, Armenian: Գազիրներ, Avar: Роцен, Azerbaijani: Vəznə, Chechen: Бустамаш bustamash, Dargin: Буста/Бустат, Ingush: Бустамаш, Ossetian: Бæрцытæ, Georgian: მასრები masrebi, Lak: чила, Lezgin: Везнеяр, Russian: газырь from Turkish hazır, "ready", ultimately from Arabic) is an implement to hold a rifle charge: a tube with a bullet and a measure of gunpowder or a paper cartridge. They were carried in gazyr bags or in rows of small pockets on the breast. Later, gazyr pockets became a distinctive element of national dress of the peoples of Caucasus, such as the chokha.^[1]

Gazyr breast pockets ("gazyrs") were borrowed by Russian Cossacks, together with other elements of Caucasus peoples' outfit, as part of their military uniform.