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holster
[ hohl-ster ]
noun
- a sheathlike carrying case for a firearm, attached to a belt, shoulder sling, or saddle.
verb (used with object)
- to put or put back in a holster:
to holster a gun.
holster
/ ˈəʊə /
noun
- a sheathlike leather case for a pistol, attached to a belt or saddle
- mountaineering a similar case for an ice axe or piton hammer
Derived Forms
- ˈDZٱ, adjective
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of holster1
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of holster1
Example Sentences
He slowly pulled his prop gun from his holster and pointed it at the camera.
Ferguson and his wife had been quarreling about money and gratitude for hours when he removed his Glock from his ankle holster and fired a single bullet through her midsection on Aug. 3, 2023.
Ferguson kept his Glock loaded in a velcro ankle holster and wore it everywhere “unless he was showering or sleeping,” Hunt said.
McCarthy, she said, wanted to know why she was wearing a holster with a Colt revolver in it.
“When we first came here, in ’64, I was dressed up in a poncho with a holster and a toy gun,” he said.
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