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Definition of Holdfasts
1. holdfast [n] - See also: holdfast
Lexicographical Neighbors of Holdfasts
Literary usage of Holdfasts
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Newton's London Journal of Arts and Sciences: Being Record of the Progress edited by William Newton, Charles Frederick Partington (1828)
"... but they are to be made with grooves and rebates to fit and take hold of the
ribs, and with holes to receive the bolts or other holdfasts. ..."
2. The London Journal of Arts and Sciences by William Newton (1828)
"... but they areto be made with grooves and rebates to fit and take hold of the
ribs, and with holes to receive the bolts or other holdfasts. ..."
3. The Botanic Annual, Or, Familiar Illustrations of the Structure, Habits by Robert Mudie (1832)
"... plants that have none ; and there are some plants that grow in very dry places
of which the roots are to be considered as little, else than holdfasts, ..."
4. Manual of Heavy Artillery Service: For the Use of the Army and Militia of by John Caldwell Tidball (1891)
"Drive fonr holdfasts for each back guy as follows; two on each side, ... I/ay
the bight of a strap for holdfasts over the front stake ; connect each pair of ..."
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