What does "holding" mean?
Holding: A tenure; a farm or other estate held of another.
Additional senses
- 2.That which holds, binds, or influences. Burke.
- 3.The burden or chorus of a song. [Obs.] Shak. Holding note (Mus.), a note sustained in one part, while the other parts move.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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