: a leather or fabric case for carrying a firearm on the person (as on the hip or chest), on a saddle, or in a vehicle
broadly
: a case for carrying a usually small item on the person
a knife holster
a heart monitor carried in a hip holster
Examples of holster in a Sentence
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Without hesitation, Johanna plucked the gun out of its holster, kicking off a struggle.
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Keri Blakinger, Los Angeles Times, 7 May 2024
There were personal water cups on the food prep area and spider webs on the soda gun holster, according to the report.
—Jacqueline Pinedo, Sacramento Bee, 3 May 2024
The Pasadena Police Department is considering buying equipment that would automatically activate all nearby police body cameras when any officer draws a handgun from a holster.
—Salvador Hernandez, Los Angeles Times, 6 Apr. 2024
On the day of the shooting, Oct. 21, 2021, the production was setting up a tight frame of Mr. Baldwin’s character — a grizzled outlaw named Harland Rust — drawing an old-fashioned revolver from a shoulder holster and pointing toward the camera when the weapon fired.
—Julia Jacobs, New York Times, 19 Jan. 2024
One clip of him in the movie shows Costner spinning two pistols in his hands before pocketing them in his holsters.
—Tommy McArdle, Peoplemag, 3 Apr. 2024
Vincent wore a Sig Sauer P365 XL with a laser sight in a holster on his right hip.
—Peter Hessler, The New Yorker, 1 Apr. 2024
Just after lunch, Baldwin and Hutchins were rehearsing a scene that was meant to be a camera close-up of Baldwin — who was playing a hardened outlaw, Harland Rust — slowly pulling his Colt .45 revolver from his shoulder holster while sitting in a pew in a rustic church.
—Meg James, Los Angeles Times, 15 Mar. 2024
Under the gun case, investigators found two magazines, a holster and a box of .22 caliber ammunition, Stoyek testified.
—Nicki Brown, CNN, 12 Mar. 2024
Keri Blakinger, Los Angeles Times, 7 May 2024
There were personal water cups on the food prep area and spider webs on the soda gun holster, according to the report.
—Jacqueline Pinedo, Sacramento Bee, 3 May 2024
The Pasadena Police Department is considering buying equipment that would automatically activate all nearby police body cameras when any officer draws a handgun from a holster.
—Salvador Hernandez, Los Angeles Times, 6 Apr. 2024
On the day of the shooting, Oct. 21, 2021, the production was setting up a tight frame of Mr. Baldwin’s character — a grizzled outlaw named Harland Rust — drawing an old-fashioned revolver from a shoulder holster and pointing toward the camera when the weapon fired.
—Julia Jacobs, New York Times, 19 Jan. 2024
One clip of him in the movie shows Costner spinning two pistols in his hands before pocketing them in his holsters.
—Tommy McArdle, Peoplemag, 3 Apr. 2024
Vincent wore a Sig Sauer P365 XL with a laser sight in a holster on his right hip.
—Peter Hessler, The New Yorker, 1 Apr. 2024
Just after lunch, Baldwin and Hutchins were rehearsing a scene that was meant to be a camera close-up of Baldwin — who was playing a hardened outlaw, Harland Rust — slowly pulling his Colt .45 revolver from his shoulder holster while sitting in a pew in a rustic church.
—Meg James, Los Angeles Times, 15 Mar. 2024
Under the gun case, investigators found two magazines, a holster and a box of .22 caliber ammunition, Stoyek testified.
—Nicki Brown, CNN, 12 Mar. 2024
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“Holster.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/holster. Accessed 16 May. 2024.
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holster
noun
hol·ster
ˈhōl(t)-stər 
: a usually leather case for carrying a pistol
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