A cell in a police station or courthouse in which a prisoner is held temporarily, pending charge, trial or sentencing.

(military) An order that weapons may be fired at targets (especially aircraft or missiles) only when under attack, or in response to a formal order.

(transitive) To require a person to explain or to accept responsibility for his or her actions; to blame or punish someone for what has occurred.

(transitive) To have a low esteem for (someone or something); to hold in contempt; to look down upon.

(idiomatic) To firmly maintain one's viewpoint, principles, or situation; to refuse to change one's practices or plans.

plural of blanch holding

plural of blench holding

Alternative form of blanch holding

(Scotland, law, obsolete) A mode of tenure by the payment of a small duty in white rent (silver) or otherwise.

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of hold good