holster
nounverbattested in dialogue
- //ˈhɒlstə(ɹ)//
- //ˈhoʊlstə(ɹ)//
A case for carrying a tool, particularly a gun, safely and accessibly.
noun
- 1
A case for carrying a tool, particularly a gun, safely and accessibly.
Goring, like himself, had sprang forwards, first snatching a pistol from his holsters, and discharging it at him who seemed to be the chief of the party,—the man reeled and fell; but his fall was instantly avenged.
Marion Wheeler took the seat, brushing the hem of her suit jacket aside to reveal a concealed holster. "You do know I carry a gun?"
- 2
A belt with loops or slots for carrying small tools or other equipment.
Etymology
From Dutch holster (“pistol-case, holster”), from Middle Low German holster, from Old Saxon *holster, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *hulastrą, *hulistrą (“hull, case, covering”). Cognate with Old English heolstor (“a covering, veil, hiding-place”), Danish hylster (“pistol case, envelope”), Icelandic hulstur (“sheath”), Gothic 𐌷𐌿𐌻𐌹𐍃𐍄𐍂 (hulistr, “covering”). Compare German Halfter (“pistol case”). Related to hull, hele.
verb
- 1
To put something in a holster.
Forms
- plural
- holsters
- past tense
- holstered
- past participle
- holstered
- present participle
- holstering
- third person singular
- holsters
holster · A case for carrying a tool, particularly a gun, safely and accessibly.
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