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An appendage to hold onto
Answer for the clue "An appendage to hold onto ", 8 letters:
handhold
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Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. A projection that one may hold onto for support
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
A handhold is a manner the dancers hold each other's hands during the dance . A hold is the way one partner holds another one with hands. Hold and handhold are important components of connection in dance.
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ A stout, stainless steel pillar between deckhead and cabin sole in the galley area forms a useful handhold . ▪ He managed to grab it; the stitches gave a better handhold . ▪ He picked his way down, handhold and foothold, until ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1640s, from hand (n.) + hold (n.1).
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. an appendage to hold onto
Usage examples of handhold.
Men tumbled out of their bunks, scrambling in the weightlessness for a handhold.
A narrow, ladderlike stair of handholds had been niched into the rock, and a few feet from the foot of this ascent a cleft, wide and tall enough for a man to enter, opened in the wall.
The Spaniards had been thoughtful enough to let the manropes fall so that he had handholds.
Mahnmut grabbed a personal reaction pack and coils of unbreakable microfilament rope and pulled himself out the airlock doors, fighting the vector forces of the tumbling by grabbing handholds he knew from decades of deep-sea work.
When his rear foot touched the deck he spun lightly and lunged for the door, caught the handhold and reanchored himself in a standing position.
A narrow stair of handholds had been niched into the rock, extending upward to a shelflike threshold ten feet above their heads.
Tentatively sht searched for and found handholds and places for her stock inged toes.
When our way led down on a curled rod with handholds instead of stairsteps, we managed almost as if we were in a grav lift, coming to the third level below that where the Veep had his quarters.
Out into the access tunnel, three meters across, a geometric tube of blue striplights and handholds two hundred meters sternward of her feet.
A world where Eleanor had lived for many years but that now looked like an alien planet to her dusty bloodshot eyes, and where she had just been given the tiniest of handholds.
As we passed down the hall, I saw everywhere the hallmarks of pride and craftsmanship, from the smallest, polished turnbuckle to the handles of cursory valves and spigots to the brass railings and handholds that were in such abundance on board.
Leah Brahms had to stop every meter or so to burn more handholds and footholds with her phaser.
The two of them pulled themselves from handhold to handhold across the curving surface of the Callisto lander, toward the embedded footpad.
The Aligore-monkey hooted and released his grip on the wall, and he and Sally dropped several feet before he caught another handhold on the goopy walls, stopping their descent.
Leah Brahms had to stop every meter or so to bum more handholds and footholds with her phaser.