holdover
nounUS /ˈhoʊldˌoʊvɚ/
Etymology Deverbal from hold over.
1
Something left behind, saved or remaining from an earlier time.
- That policy is a holdover from days of punch card data entry.
- Castle Rock Middle School was a frowning pile of red brick standing between the Post Office and the Library, a holdover from the time when the town elders didn't feel entirely comfortable with a school unless it looked like a reformatory.1991, Stephen King, Needful Things:
2
Engineering, Firearms, Government, Military, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Politics, Tools, War, Weaponry The distance (at target) by which a rifle scope is aimed higher than the intended point of impact in order to compensate for bullet drop over the distance to the target.
- This rangefinder not only measures the distance to the target, but also provides a digital readout of the inches of holdover at that distance.
- Derived terms
- holdover fire