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Anchor-hold   Listen
noun
Anchor-hold  n.  
1.
The hold or grip of an anchor, or that to which it holds.
2.
Hence: Firm hold: security.






Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48








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"Anchor-hold" Quotes from Famous Books



... Hainault, pardon us, I pray: These comforts that you give our woful queen Bind us in kindness all at your command. Q. Isab. Yea, gentle brother:—and the God of heaven Prosper your happy motion, good Sir John! Y. Mor. This noble gentleman, forward in arms, Was born, I see, to be our anchor-hold.— Sir John of Hainault, be it thy renown, That England's queen and nobles in distress Have been by thee restor'd and comforted. Sir J. Madam, along; and you, my lord[s], with me, That England's peers may Hainault's welcome ...
— Edward II. - Marlowe's Plays • Christopher Marlowe



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