holster

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  1. noun A case of leather or similar material into which a pistol fits snugly and which attaches to a belt, strap, or saddle so that it may be carried or transported.
  2. noun A belt with loops or slots for carrying small tools or other equipment.
  3. transitive verb To put (a gun, for example) in a holster.

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  • Fitted in a pocket at the side of the holster was a canisterlike device--a silencer for use on the weapons Ham fitted it in place, then examined the ammo drum to make sure it was charged with mercy bullets, slugs which would penetrate barely through the skin and produce unconsciousness. —  021 - The Sea Magician
  • On the way down my eyes clock the small ice cream menu that each table has in a wooden holster, the brand name is 'Fanny'. —  TravelPod.com Recent Updates
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  • It would probably make an even bigger difference if the body of the holster was a stiffer leather, but right now this is fine. —  Irons in the Fire
  • His on-display gun holster, his constant furrowed brow, his gigantic arms, the pout, the ridiculously tight tops ... —  TV Scoop
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  1. Probably Dutch, alteration of holfter, hulfter, from Middle High German hulffter, case, sheath, quiver, covering, from hulft, from Old High German; see kel-1 in Indo-European roots.

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  1. from Dutch holster, a pistolcase, holster, also a soldiers’ knapsack, = Anglo-Saxon heolstor, a covering, veil, hiding-place, = Icelandic hulstr, a case, = Swedish hölster, sheath, = Danish hylster, a case, covering, holster, = Gothic (Moesogothic) hulistr, a veil; with suffix -ster, from the verb represented by Anglo-Saxon *hulian, Middle English hulien, hulen, hylen, hyllen, hillen, English dial. hill, hull, cover, = Dutch hullen = Icelandic hylja = Danish hylle = Swedish hölja = Gothic (Moesogothic) huljan, cover, from the same ult. root as hole, hollow, hell, heal, etc. The G. holfter, also hulfter (sometimes halfter, by confusion with halfter = English halter), a holster, takes this particular meaning from the D.; Middle High German hulfter, a quiver, from hulft, a cover, case, sheath, and perhaps Gothic (Moesogothic), hwilftrjōs, plural, a coffin, are akin.
 

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