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safe-hold [f. hold n.1: cf. stronghold.] A place of safety from attack.
1793A. Seward Lett. (1811) III. 332 That misleading enthusiasm which led her..far from the safe-holds of her native country. 1828–40Tytler Hist. Scot. (1864) II. 304 The chamberlain..commenced the war by..securing the strong tower of Blacater... To this safehold the queen..now resolved to retire. 1843Browning Return of Druses iii. Poems (1905) 238/1 From this safehold of mine Where but ten thousand Druses seek my life. |