different between holster vs scabbard

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 scabard, scauberde, scauberk, scauberke, from Anglo-Norman eschaubert, escalberc, of Germanic origin, perhaps from Frankish *skarberg (“sheath”, literally “blade-protection”), from Proto-Germanic *sk?riz (“blade, scissors”) + *bergaz (“shelter, protection, refuge”). See also hauberk.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?skæb.?d/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?skæb.?d/
• Hyphenation: scab?bard

Noun

scabbard (plural scabbards)

2. The sheath of a sword.
   • 1918, Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Land That Time Forgot Chapter IX

     I had had to discard my rifle before I commenced the rapid descent of the cliff, so that now I was armed only with a hunting knife, and this I whipped from its scabbard as Kho leaped toward me.

Translations

Verb

scabbard (third-person singular simple present scabbards, present participle scabbarding, simple past and past participle scabbarded)

1. To put an object (especially a sword) into its scabbard.

   Suddenly he scabbarded his sabre.

Further reading

• Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “scabbard”, in Online Etymology Dictionary