Holster

From Low German Holster, from Middle Low German holster, from Proto-Germanic *hulistrą. The word was borrowed directly from Low German (early 19th c. or earlier), but remained rare until the later 20th c., when it was reinforced by English holster, itself of Low German origin.

• IPA^(key): /ˈhɔlstɐ/

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Holster n (genitive Holsters, plural Holster)

1. (weaponry) holster
   • 1836, Johann Peter Eckermann, “Gespräche mit Goethe in den letzten Jahren seines Lebens”, vol. I, p. 10f.

     Dieses vollführte ich und trat gegen Ende des Sommers mit Büchse und Holster als Freywilliger in das Kielmannsegge'sche Jäger-Corps und machte mit diesem in der Compagnie des Capitain Knop den Feldzug des Winters 1813 und 1814 durch Mecklenburg, Holstein und vor Hamburg gegen den Marschall Davoust.

     This I performed, and near the end of the summer I became a volunteer with gun and holster in Kielmansegg’s ranger corps, where, in the company of Captain Knop, I participated in the campaign of the winter of 1813/14 through Mecklenburg and Holstein and before Hamburg, against Marshal Davoust.

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