HOLSTER  , a See also:

• LEATHER (a word which appears in all Teutonic languages; cf. Ger. Leder, Dutch leer or leder, Swed. leder, and in such Celtic forms as Welsh llader)
• LEATHER, ARTIFICIAL

leather See also:

• CASE
• CASE, JOHN (d. 1600)

case to hold a See also:

• PISTOL

pistol, used by a horseman and properly fastened to the See also:

• SADDLE (a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Sattel, Dut. zadel, also in Russ. siedlo and Lat. sella, for sedla; it is not derived directly from Lat. sedile, which means a chair, but all the words are to be referred to the root sad-, which gives

saddle-See also:

• BOW (pronounced " bo ")

bow, but sometimes worn in the See also:

• BELT (a word common to Teutonic languages, the Old Ger. form being bale, from which the Lat. balteus probably derived)
• BELT, THOMAS (1832-1878)

belt . The same word appears in Dutch, from which the See also:

• ENGLISH

English word probably directly derives . The See also:

• ROOT (late O.E. rot, adopted from Scand., cf. Norw. and Swed. rot, Dan. rod; the true O.E. word was wyrt, plant, represented in Ger. Wurz or Wurzel; the ultimate root is the same in both words, and is seen in Lat. radix)
• ROOT, ELIHU (1845– )

root is het- or hulto See also:

• COVER (from the Fr. convert, from couvrir, to cover, Lat. cooperire)

cover, and is seen in the O . Eng. heolster, a See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place of shelter or concealment, and in " See also:

• HULL
• HULL (in O.Eng. hulu, from helan, to cover, cf. Ger. Hiille, covering)
• HULL (officially KINGSTON-UPON-HULL)
• HULL, ISAAC (1775-1843)

hull " a sheath or covering . The See also:

• GERMAN
• GERMAN, DUTCH AND SCANDINAVIAN

German word for the same See also:

• OBJECT

object, holfter, is, according to the New English See also:

• DICTIONARY

Dictionary, from a different root .