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▪ I. ˈunderhold, n. [under-1 5 b.] The hold obtained by a wrestler who gets his arms below those of his opponent.
1895Funk's Stand. Dict. ▪ II. † underˈhold, v. Obs.—1 [under-1 8 d.] intr. To hold land by a sub-tenure.
1594R. Ashley tr. Loys le Roy 55 b, The Gentlemen in France possesse, in high, base, and meane iustice,..Principalities, and Peereships patrimoniall: with vassalls holding, and vnderholding of them, bound by faith, and homage. So † ˈunderˌholder, a subtenant. Obs.
1605Camden Rem. 94 Noted..as men of least account, and as all, or most vnderholders specified in that Booke. |