holster

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//ˈhɒlstə(ɹ)//
//ˈhoʊlstə(ɹ)//

A case for carrying a tool, particularly a gun, safely and accessibly.

sostantivo

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.

Etimologia

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.

verbo

1
To put something in a holster.

Forme

plurale: holsters
passato: holstered
participio passato: holstered
participio presente: holstering
3ª persona singolare: holsters

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holster · A case for carrying a tool, particularly a gun, safely and accessibly.

holt · A small piece of woodland or a woody hill; a copse.Holt · A surname An English and north-west European topographic…holy · Dedicated to a religious purpose or a god.

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