A noun in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s glossed “sheath” and connected to the verb G. hala- “drag, draw, pull” (GL/47), so perhaps “✱something drawn from” and thus more specifically a weapon sheath.
Gnomish
bail
noun. sheath, case, cover; pod
belmoth
masculine name. Belmoth
beb
adverb. [unglossed]
brid-
verb. [unglossed]
clidhron
noun. [unglossed]
climbol
noun. [unglossed]
dôn
?. [unglossed]
fî
noun. [unglossed]
gatha
?. [unglossed]
halthi
noun. sheath
pad
noun. [unglossed]
praust
noun. [unglossed]
prog
noun. [unglossed]
rab-
verb. [unglossed]
rô
noun. [unglossed]
sind
noun. [unglossed]
sinthi
pronoun. [unglossed]
thail
noun. [unglossed]
thel
noun. [unglossed]
thelg
noun. [unglossed]
thil
noun. [unglossed]
thion
noun. [unglossed]
thrim
?. [unglossed]
thug
noun. [unglossed]
thû-
verb. [unglossed]
trum
?. [unglossed]
tûn
noun. [unglossed]
ulthanc
noun. [unglossed]
umeg
?. [unglossed]
’ôs
noun. [unglossed]
@@@ form does not appear elsewhere and similar forms are not relevant