Chapter Hoecake to Hold of H by Webster's Dictionary (1913 Edition)

5. A place of confinement; a prison; confinement; custody; guard.

They . . . put them in hold unto the next day.

Acts. iv. 3.

King Richard, he is in the mighty hold
Of Bolingbroke.

Shak.

6. A place of security; a fortified place; a fort; a castle; — often called a stronghold. Chaucer.

New comers in an ancient hold

Tennyson.

7. (Mus.) A character [thus ] placed over or under a note or rest, and indicating that it is to be prolonged; — called also pause, and corona.