holster
n. countablen. a special holder for a gun or a tool that you wear on your belt or under your arm. It keeps the item safe and easy to reach quickly.
n. a leather or plastic case designed to hold a handgun or other small tool, typically attached to a belt, shoulder harness, or thigh. Often used to ensure both security and rapid accessibility of the device.
The police officer kept her pistol in a leather holster.
The carpenter reached for his drill, which was hanging securely in a heavy-duty holster on his tool belt.
In many classic Western films, the tension of a scene is built through close-up shots of a character's hand hovering just inches above their leather holster.
From Dutch holster (“pistol-case, holster”), from Middle Low German holster, from Old Saxon holster, ultimately from Proto-Germanic hulastrą, *hulistrą (“hull, case, covering”). Cognate with Old English heolstor (“a covering, veil, hiding-place”), Danish hylster (“pistol case, envelope”), Icelandic hulstur (“sheath”), Gothic 𐌷𐌿𐌻𐌹𐍃𐍄𐍂 (hulistr, “covering”). Compare German Halfter (“pistol case”). Related to hull, hele.
Commonly used with the verb 'to draw' when removing an item from the holder.