holster Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a sheath (usually leather) for carrying a handgun
  2. noun a belt with loops or slots for carrying small hand tools

WordNet

Hol"ster noun
Etymology
D. holster; skin to AS. heolstor den, cave, fr.helan to conceal, and to Icel. hulstr case, Goth.hulistr covering, veil, huljan to cover. See Hele to cover, Hell, and cf. Housing, Houss.
Definitions
  1. A leather case for a pistol, carried by a horseman at the bow of his saddle, or worn on the person suspended from a belt.

Webster 1913