holster : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: holster	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for holster
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
holster n a sheath (usually leather) for carrying a handgun a belt with loops or slots for carrying small hand tools
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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