Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- 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.
- noun A belt with loops or slots for carrying small tools or other equipment.
- transitive verb To put (a gun, for example) in a holster.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A leathern case for a pistol. Holsters were formerly, and are still sometimes, carried by horsemen or cavalrymen attached to the saddle, one on each side of the pommel; but they are now more commonly worn on the belt.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun 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.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
case for carrying atool , particularly agun , safely and accessibly. - noun A belt with
loops orslots for carrying smalltools or otherequipment . - verb To put something in a holster
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a belt with loops or slots for carrying small hand tools
- noun a sheath (usually leather) for carrying a handgun
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
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Examples
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Ah, So wearing a firearm in a holster is the sign of an individual with hips.
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Best of all for me because I always use a holster is activating the 'Lock handheld upon holstering' option.
BlackBerry Tip: How to easily lock your phone | Sync Blog 2007
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Then he started pulling the holster from a guy that had carried a Glock 19.
TEOTWAWKI: The Long Walk Home, Ch.12 “Food Fight” « Mark12ministries’s Weblog 2010
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The chances of me pulling the gun out of my holster is close to zero but it's a comforting to know I now have the ability and right to defend myself and family.
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The chances of me pulling the gun out of my holster is close to zero but it's a comforting to know I now have the ability and right to defend myself and family.
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The price point of a kydex holster is very reasonable while leather holsters, especially custom-made ones can be expensive.
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a visable .45 in a chest holster is needed in many parts of PA.
He pulls out a gun and shoots the salmon... Tim Romano 2008
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The pistol in the court security officer’s holster is not constructively possessed by the spectators in the courtroom.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Juveniles on Probation, and Their Parents’ Guns (and Other Weapons) 2010
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She looked more like a librarian than an FBI agent, but David knew she wore a shoulder holder under her garish jacket, and tucked in the holster was a Glock 17.
The Omega Theory Mark Alpert 2011
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She looked more like a librarian than an FBI agent, but David knew she wore a shoulder holder under her garish jacket, and tucked in the holster was a Glock 17.
The Omega Theory Mark Alpert 2011
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