HOLSTER

holster

(noun) a sheath (usually leather) for carrying a handgun

holster

(noun) a belt with loops or slots for carrying small hand tools

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

holster (plural holsters)

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

A belt with loops or slots for carrying small tools or other equipment.

Verb

holster (third-person singular simple present holsters, present participle holstering, simple past and past participle holstered)

To put something in a holster.

Anagrams

• Holters, Hostler, hostler, orthels

Source: Wiktionary


Hol"ster, n. Etym: [D. holster; skin to AS. heolstor den, cave, fr.helan to conceal, and to Icel. hulstr case, Goth.hulistr covering, veil, huljan to cover. sq. root17. See Hele to cover, Hell, and cf. Housing, Houss.]

Definition: A leather case for a pistol, carried by a horseman at the bow of his saddle.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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