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[hohl-ster] 
–noun
| 1. | a sheathlike carrying case for a firearm, attached to a belt, shoulder sling, or saddle. |
–verb (used with object)
| 2. | to put or put back in a holster: to holster a gun. |
Origin:
1655–65; < D; c. Goth hulistr, ON hulstr sheath; akin to OE helan to hide
1655–65; < D; c. Goth hulistr, ON hulstr sheath; akin to OE helan to hide
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| hol·ster (hōl'stər) n.
To put (a gun, for example) in a holster. [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.] hol'stered adj. |
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Language Translation for : Holster
Spanish:
pistolera,
German:
das Pistolenhalfter,
Japanese:
ピストル入れ
holster
"leather case for a pistol," 1663, probably from O.E. heolster, earlier helustr "concealment, hiding place," from P.Gmc. *khelus-/*khulis- (cf. O.H.G. huluft "cover, case, sheath," O.N. hulstr "case, sheath," M.Du. holster, Ger. Holfster "holster"), from PIE *kel- "to cover, to hide" (see cell). Intermediate forms are wanting, and the modern word may as well be from the O.N. or M.Du. cognates.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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