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Handhold   /hˈændhˌoʊld/   Listen
Handhold

noun
1.
An appendage to hold onto.





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"Handhold" Quotes from Famous Books



... the fisherman close down to the water; and when the rocks broke off in sheer precipice, an unsteady bridge of poles and willows spanned the abyss. A 'Jacob's ladder' a hundred feet above a roaring whirlpool without {20} handhold on either side was one thing for the Indian moccasin and quite another thing for the miner's hobnailed boot. The men used to strip at these places and attempt the rock walls barefoot; or else they cached ...
— The Cariboo Trail - A Chronicle of the Gold-fields of British Columbia • Agnes C. Laut


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