"Anchor-Hold" is a word in ENGLISH

A feudatory or vassal; hence, one who holds a benefice and uses its proceeds.

An extremely adhesive viscid substance, usually made of the middle bark of the holly, by boiling, fermenting, and cleansing it. …

A burrowing crab of the genus Gelasimus, of many species. The male has one claw very much enlarged, and often …

A small anchor, with four or five flukes or claws, used to hold boats or small vessels; hence, any instrument …

Reach of the arms; hence, the power of seizing and holding; as, it was beyond his grasp.

A child's play, one child guessing in which closed hand the other holds some small object, winning the object if …

To prosecute, have, take, or join in, as something which is the result of united action; as to, hold a …

In general, to keep one's self in a given position or condition; to remain fixed. Hence:

To receive and retain; to contain as a vessel; as, this pail holds milk; hence, to be able to receive …

Something used to secure and hold in place something else, as a long fiat-headed nail, a catch a hook, a …

To catch or fasten with a hook or hooks; to seize, capture, or hold, as with a hook, esp. with …

One who holds a shield over another; hence, a defender.

To shut up or place in an inclosure called a pound; hence, to hold in the custody of a court; …

Not communicative; not free or apt to impart to others in conversation; reserved; silent; as, the messenger was incommunicative; hence, …

Incapacity to hold; hence, incapacity to hold back or restrain; the quality or state of being incontinent; want of continence; …

To give shelter or rest to; especially, to furnish a sleeping place for; to harbor; to shelter; hence, to receive; …

Middle; intervening; as, a mesne lord, that is, a lord who holds land of a superior, but grants a part …

To fasten, as with a nail; to bind or hold, as to a bargain or to acquiescence in an argument …

Sound in opinion or doctrine, especially in religious doctrine; hence, holding the Christian faith; believing the doctrines taught in the …

A socket or bezel holding a precious stone; hence, a jewel or ornament worn on the person.