different between holster vs outdraw

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

Etymology

From Middle English outdrauen, outdrawen, from Old English ?tdragan, from Proto-Germanic *?tdragan?, equivalent to out- +? draw. Cognate with Saterland Frisian uutdreege, West Frisian útdrage (“to carry out”), Dutch uitdragen (“to carry out”), German austragen (“to deal with; deliver”), Icelandic útdraga (“to extract; draw out”).

Verb

outdraw (third-person singular simple present outdraws, present participle outdrawing, simple past outdrew, past participle outdrawn)

1. To extract or draw out.
2. (Wild West) To remove a gun from its holster, and fire it, faster than another.
   • 1984, Leonard Cohen, "Hallelujah" (song)

     Well maybe there's a God above, but all I've ever learned from love, was how to shoot somebody who outdrew you.

3. To attract a larger crowd than.
4. To draw better than; to surpass in creating drawn artworks.
   • 2003, Bhob Stewart, Bill Pearson, Roger Hill, Against the Grain: Mad Artist Wallace Wood (page 313)

     Certainly he could outdraw just about anybody, and he knew how to tell a story, seamlessly weaving words and pictures together.

Anagrams

• draw out, outward