different between holster vs halster

English

Etymology

From Dutch holster (“pistol-case, holster”), from Middle Low German holster, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *hulastr?, *hulistr? (“hull, case, covering”), cognate with Old English heolstor (“a covering, veil, hiding-place”), Danish hylster (“pistol case, envelope”), Icelandic hulstur (“sheath”), Gothic ???????????????????????????? (hulistr, “covering”). Compare German Halfter (“pistol case”). Related to hull, hele.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?h?lst?(?)/, /?ho?lst?(?)/

Noun

holster (plural holsters)

1. A case for carrying a tool, particularly a gun, safely and accessibly.
2. A belt with loops or slots for carrying small tools or other equipment.

Translations

Verb

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

1. To put something in a holster.

Derived terms

• reholster

Anagrams

• Holters, Hostler, hostler, orthels

Dutch

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: hol?ster

Noun

holster m (plural holsters, diminutive holstertje n)

1. holster (leather case into which a gun fits snugly)

English

Noun

halster (plural halsters)

1. One who draws a barge alongside a river using a rope.

References

• James Orchard Halliwell (1846) , “HALSTER”, in A Dictionary of Archaic and Provincial Words, Obsolete Phrases, Proverbs, and Ancient Customs, from the Fourteenth Century. [...] In Two Volumes, volume I (A–I), London: John Russell Smith, […], OCLC 1008510154, page 430, column 2.
• halster in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Anagrams

• Hartels, Hartles, Stahler, halters, harslet, lathers, slather, thalers