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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
holster
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 holster.
▪ Because he had a shoulder holster on underneath, of course.
▪ I carried a. 38-caliber pistol in a shoulder holster.
▪ Farrell reached inside his jacket, his fingers touching the butt of the.45 in his shoulder holster.
▪ Snapped my piece into my shoulder holster.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ During the confusion of this last day at sea, he came to our quarters and handed me the finished holster.
▪ He pulled himself into the saddle, settled his sore thighs, and pushed the rifle into its holster.
▪ I put the gun back in the holster and looked at my watch.
▪ I slipped the heavy derringer into the holster while the mate watched proudly.
▪ Sharpe tied the horse's reins to the harrow's stout frame, then slid his rifle out of its saddle holster.
▪ She wears a short black skirt and a holster on her belt.
▪ The leather ring on my left shoulder had the holster sewn on near the bottom.
▪ There was a belt around his waist with holster attached.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Holster

Holster \Hol"ster\, 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. [root]17. See 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.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
holster

"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, German Halfter "holster"), from PIE *kel- (2) "to cover, to hide" (see cell). Intermediate forms are wanting, and the modern word could as well be from the Norse or Dutch cognates.

holster

by 1902, from holster (n.). Related: Holstered; holstering.

Wiktionary
holster

n. 1 A case for carrying a tool, particularly a gun, safely and accessibly. 2 A belt with loops or slots for carrying small tools or other equipment. vb. To put something in a holster

WordNet
holster

  1. n. a sheath (usually leather) for a handgun; attaches to a belt or saddle

  2. a belt with loops or slots for carrying small hand tools

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Wikipedia
Holster (disambiguation)

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 knives
  • Phone holster, a holster for carrying mobile phones

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.