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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Dutch holster (“pistol-case, holster”), from Middle Low German 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.
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Noun[edit]
holster (plural holsters)
- A case for carrying a tool, particularly a gun, safely and accessibly.
- 1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter V, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume III, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 35:
- 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.
- A belt with loops or slots for carrying small tools or other equipment.
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Translations[edit]
case for carrying a gun
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belt with loops or slots
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Verb[edit]
holster (third-person singular simple present holsters, present participle holstering, simple past and past participle holstered)
- To put something in a holster.
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Dutch[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
holster (file) - Hyphenation: hol‧ster
Noun[edit]
holster m (plural holsters, diminutive holstertje n)
- holster (leather case into which a gun fits snugly)
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