ahold meaning (obsolete): definition, etymology and quotations

ahold

adv

/əˈhoʊld/

Etymology From a- (“on”) + hold.

Nautical, Transport Obsolete, Of a ship Brought to lie as near to the windward as it can to get out to sea, and thereby held steady.

Lay her a hold, a hold, ſet her two courſes off to Sea againe, lay her off.1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tempest”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene i]:

noun

Etymology From a + hold.

Informal A hold, grip, grasp.

GET AHOLD OF YOURSELF!2009, Tim Irwin, Derailed: Five Lessons Learned from Catastrophic Failures of Leadership, Thomas Nelson Inc., →ISBN, page 121:
Uh-oh... I guess I shouldn't have given my last babysitter such a hard time. Somehow she got ahold of the video Mom took of me running around without my diaper ... and posted it on YouTube.2009 May 21, Tom Armstrong, Marvin (comic):

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