英和和英

発音

• IPA: /ˈhɒlstə(ɹ)/, /ˈhoʊlstə(ɹ)/
• 韻: -ɒlstə(ɹ), -əʊlstə(ɹ)

名詞

holster (plural holsters)

1. A case for carrying a tool, particularly a gun, safely and accessibly.
   • 1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter V, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume III, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 35:

     Goring, like himself, had sprang forwards, first snatching a pistol from his holsters, and discharging it at him who seemed to be the chief of the party,—the man reeled and fell; but his fall was instantly avenged.

   • 2023 October 22, HarryBlank, “Waiting to Happen”, in SCP Foundation‎, archived from the original on 23 May 2024:

     Marion Wheeler took the seat, brushing the hem of her suit jacket aside to reveal a concealed holster. "You do know I carry a gun?"

2. A belt with loops or slots for carrying small tools or other equipment.

派生語

• cock holster

動詞

holster (third-person singular simple present holsters, present participle holstering, simple past and past participle holstered)

1. To put something in a holster.

派生語

アナグラム

• Holters, Hetlors, orthels, hostler, Hostler