Holstered vs Bolstered - What's the difference?
holstered | bolstered |
(holster)
A case for carrying a tool, particularly a gun, safely and accessibly.
A belt with loops or slots for carrying small tools or other equipment.
(bolster)
A large cushion or pillow.
* Shakespeare
A pad, quilt, or anything used to hinder pressure, support part of the body, or make a bandage sit easy upon a wounded part; a compress.
* John Gay
A small spacer located on top of the axle of horse-drawn wagons which give the front wheels enough clearance to turn.
A short, horizontal, structural timber between a post and a beam for enlarging the bearing area of the post and/or reducing the span of the beam. Sometimes also called a pillow or cross-head (Australian English).
The perforated plate in a punching machine on which anything rests when being punched.
The part of a knife blade that abuts upon the end of the handle.
The metallic end of a pocketknife handle.
(label) The rolls forming the ends or sides of the Ionic capital.
A block of wood on the carriage of a siege gun, upon which the breech of the gun rests when arranged for transportation.
As verbs the difference between holstered and bolstered
is that holstered is (holster) while bolstered is (bolster).holstered
English
Verb
(head)holster
English
Noun
(en noun)Derived terms
* reholsterAnagrams
* ----bolstered
English
Verb
(head)Anagrams
*bolster
English
Alternative forms
* * (Scotland)Noun
(en noun)- And here I'll fling the pillow, there the bolster , / This way the coverlet, another way the sheets.
- This arm shall be a bolster for thy head.
