holdfast

English

a workbench holdfast

Etymology

hold +‎ fast

Noun

holdfast (plural holdfasts)

Something to or by which an object can be securely fastened.
(zoology) A root-like structure that anchors aquatic sessile organisms, such as seaweed, other sessile algae, stalked crinoids, benthic cnidarians, and sponges, to the substrate.
(archaic, medicine) Actinomycosis.

Translations

Something to or by which an object can be securely fastened

Bulgarian: скоба (bg) f (skoba), стяга (bg) f (stjaga)

See also

holdfast on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
holdfast on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

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