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Item on a sheriff's belt
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holster
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Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"leather case for a pistol," 1660s, probably from Old English heolster , earlier helustr "concealment, hiding place," from Proto-Germanic *hulfti- (cognates: Old High German hulft "cover, case, sheath," Old Norse hulstr "case, sheath," Middle Dutch holster ...
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ NOUN shoulder ▪ Berger's hand went inside his jacket, reaching for the Mauser he carried in a shoulder holster there. ▪ He pulled out a huge gun, snugged inside a light tan shoulder holster . ▪ He felt the gun in his shoulder ...
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
A holster is a device used to hold or restrict the undesired movement of a handgun. Holster may also refer to: Police duty belt , a belt to allow the carrying of various tools Sword holster or scabbard , a holster for swords Knife holster, a holster for ...
Usage examples of holster.
He was so antipathetic toward the way politics ran on this island that he carried a large-calibre automatic pistol holstered under his armpit.
He wore a straight sword, had a short barrelled carbine sheathed in his saddle holster and had a brace of pistols stuck in his belt.
I took the Berretta out of the holster and dropped it in the pocket of my coat and stepped away from him.
On the other side of the door, out of view of anyone in the hall, he laid a holstered Berretta Centurion, an extra magazine, and a box of 9-mm.
She pulled her service gun from her hip holster and crouched down, across from Lo Manto, aiming the barrel at the oncoming.
He drew the Glock 9 millimetre from the clip holster he wore inside the waist of his pants and with a finger in one ear silenced the loudspeaker with a couple of shots.
A man fell to the ground screaming at the very moment Morena drew the familiar, engraved Bodyguard from its ankle holster.
Logan nodded, placed his holstered Gun inside the paravane, sealed the magnetic lock.
I loaded up the trusty Smith and Kick butt west of the Pennines and rammed it into my shoulder holster.
The Mexican pistolero was there but he was lounging back against the wall outside the door and his gun was holstered.
He holstered the pistolet, and holding his light so that it would shine downward, began a slow and careful descent.
Thorin recoiled a step and in a lightning reflex movement, drew his pistolet from its holster.
He folded the cape up, slipped it into his pack, holstered the pistolet, clamped his light in his visor, reversed the orientor, picked his wife up in his arms, and started out.
I yanked my plasmic out of its concealed holster under my left armpit.
I clicked the safety back on my plasmic and slid the weapon back into its holster.