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Holster
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a leather case to hold a pistol, used by a horseman and properly fastened to the saddle-bow, but sometimes worn in the belt. The same word appears in Dutch, from which the English word probably directly derives. The root is hel- or hul- to cover, and is seen in the O. Eng. heolster, a place of shelter or concealment, and in "hull" a sheath or covering, The German word for the same object, holfter, is, according to the New English Dictionary, from a different root.
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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Holster'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/h/holster.html. 1910.
Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Holster'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/h/holster.html. 1910.
