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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Quotation dates: 1661-1700+
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Hulster, n. [e.m.E. holster (1663), Du. holster (1678).] A holster for a pistol. Also attrib. 1661 Glasgow B. Rec. II. 471.
Threttie pair pistolles and hustrelles [sic] 1666–7 Blakhal Narr. 78.
Two Dutch pistolets, with their hulsters for the torre of the sadle 1695 Edinburgh Testaments LXXX. 136 b.
Ane … sadle with hulsters 1710 Household Bk. Gr. Baillie 230.
For a pair hulsters to the clogbage sadleattrib. 1679 Lauderdale P. III. 162.
The troop of horse … had hulster pistolls 1685 Proceedings of Society of Antiquaries LVIII. 356.
A pair of hulster tops 1685 Ib. 357.
A pistoll scourer. A hulster dryver 1703 Foulis Acc. Bk. 316.
For sadles and making … hulster keps (= caps)
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