: 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
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The revolver was in a holster that didn’t have a strap over the hammer.
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Brie Stimson, Fox News, 20 Nov. 2024
Although his character appears to have made his final bow in 2023’s John Wick: Chapter 4, Keanu Reeves is slipping back into his gun holsters for 2025’s Ballerina, starring Ana de Armas as an up-and-coming assassin.
—Sara Netzley, EW.com, 24 Oct. 2024
Investigators said the couple had been arguing in August 2023, and Ferguson, who had been drinking, retrieved a pistol from an ankle holster and shot her in the chest.
—Nina Turner, Newsweek, 30 Oct. 2024
They’re typically used in close-up shots; in the fatal scene, Baldwin was meant to whip the gun out of his armpit holster and point it at the camera.
—Reeves Wiedeman, Vulture, 12 July 2024
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Brie Stimson, Fox News, 20 Nov. 2024
Although his character appears to have made his final bow in 2023’s John Wick: Chapter 4, Keanu Reeves is slipping back into his gun holsters for 2025’s Ballerina, starring Ana de Armas as an up-and-coming assassin.
—Sara Netzley, EW.com, 24 Oct. 2024
Investigators said the couple had been arguing in August 2023, and Ferguson, who had been drinking, retrieved a pistol from an ankle holster and shot her in the chest.
—Nina Turner, Newsweek, 30 Oct. 2024
They’re typically used in close-up shots; in the fatal scene, Baldwin was meant to whip the gun out of his armpit holster and point it at the camera.
—Reeves Wiedeman, Vulture, 12 July 2024
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“Holster.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/holster. Accessed 3 Dec. 2024.
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holster
noun
hol·ster
ˈhōl(t)-stər 
: a usually leather case for carrying a pistol
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