stronghold
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stronghold
- /ˈstɹɒŋhəʊld/ UK
- /ˈstɹɔŋˌhoʊld/ US
Where it comes from
From Middle English stranghalde, strong-hold, strong-holde, from strong (“having physical strength, sturdy, strong; built to withstand assaults, fortified”) (from Old English strang, strong (“strong”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *strengʰ- (“stiff, tight”)) + hōld (“grasp, grip; control, possession, rule”) (from Old English). By surface analysis, strong + hold.
noun strongholds
- A place built to withstand attack; a fortress. AFter this victory thus opteyned by the Sicambris, they waxed so stronge that they wan frome yᵉ Almaynes dyuers Townes & stronge holds wᵗin Germania, and after that they opteyned yᵉ famous Cytie named Treueris; which as wytnessyth yᵉ Auctour of Cronica Cronicaruin, was firste foundyd in the Towne of
- A place of domination by, or refuge or survival of, a particular group or idea. the last stronghold of the Cornish language
