: 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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One clip of him in the movie shows Costner spinning two pistols in his hands before pocketing them in his holsters.
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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
Witnesses testified that the fatal shooting happened as the crew was setting up the camera angle for a close-up shot of Mr. Baldwin pulling an old-fashioned revolver from his holster as lawmen close in on him in a small wooden church.
—Julia Jacobs, New York Times, 8 Mar. 2024
Joel Souza, the director who was injured in the shooting, testified that the plan was for Baldwin to simply start the movement of slowly pulling his pistol from his leather shoulder holster — not for Baldwin to point it at the camera.
—Meg James, Los Angeles Times, 7 Mar. 2024
Work after lunch started with positioning a camera in preparation for an extreme close-up take of Baldwin drawing a gun from a holster inside a makeshift church.
—Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 3 Mar. 2024
Video shows exonerated Broward man fighting deputy before fatal shooting
Aldridge proceeds to take his Taser out of the holster and points it at Cure.
—Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 29 Feb. 2024
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
Witnesses testified that the fatal shooting happened as the crew was setting up the camera angle for a close-up shot of Mr. Baldwin pulling an old-fashioned revolver from his holster as lawmen close in on him in a small wooden church.
—Julia Jacobs, New York Times, 8 Mar. 2024
Joel Souza, the director who was injured in the shooting, testified that the plan was for Baldwin to simply start the movement of slowly pulling his pistol from his leather shoulder holster — not for Baldwin to point it at the camera.
—Meg James, Los Angeles Times, 7 Mar. 2024
Work after lunch started with positioning a camera in preparation for an extreme close-up take of Baldwin drawing a gun from a holster inside a makeshift church.
—Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 3 Mar. 2024
Video shows exonerated Broward man fighting deputy before fatal shooting
Aldridge proceeds to take his Taser out of the holster and points it at Cure.
—Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 29 Feb. 2024
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“Holster.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/holster. Accessed 19 Apr. 2024.
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holster
noun
hol·ster
ˈhōl(t)-stər 
: a usually leather case for carrying a pistol
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