Hypertext Webster Gateway: "holster"
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
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
holster
n : a sheath for a handgun; usually leather
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