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holster

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Noun

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hol=ster

WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun holster has 2 senses

holster(n = noun.artifact) Array - a sheath (usually leather) for carrying a handgun; Array

has particulars: shoulder holster

holster(n = noun.artifact) Array - a belt with loops or slots for carrying small hand tools; Array

CIDE DICTIONARY

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

A leather case for a pistol, carried by a horseman at the bow of his saddle, or worn on the person suspended from a belt or shoulder strap. [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

holster, n. a leather case for a pistol or revolver, worn on a belt or under an arm or fixed to a saddle.

Etymology

17th c., synonymous with Du. holster: orig. unkn.

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