holster
pronunciation
How to pronounce holster in British English:
UK [ˈhəʊlstə(r)]
How to pronounce holster in American English:
US [ˈhoʊlstə(r)]
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- Noun:
- a sheath (usually leather) for a handgun; attaches to a belt or saddle
- a belt with loops or slots for carrying small hand tools
Word Origin
- holster
- holster: [17] Holster was probably borrowed from Dutch holster, and may well be related to Old English heolster ‘cover’, which did not survive into the Middle English period. It seems likely that its ultimate source was Indo- European *kel- ‘cover, hide’, a prolific progenitor of English words including apocalypse, cell, cellar, conceal, hall, hell, helmet, hole, hollow, hull ‘pod’, and occult.=> apocalypse, cell, conceal, hall, hell, helmet, occult
- holster (n.)
- "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 (v.)
- by 1902, from holster (n.). Related: Holstered; holstering.
Example
- 1. I 'll post a picture of the holster later .
- 2. He returned the gun to its holster .
- 3. You want to holster the weapon , rob ?
- 4. Holster the bloody weapon , carter . I need him alive .
- 5. Get this men to holster their weapons !