(n) a restraining hold; someone loops the arm around the neck of another person in a tight grip, usually from behind, Syn.choke hold, Example: he grabbed the woman in a chokehold, demanded her cash and jewelry, and then fled
(n) complete power over a person or situation, Syn.throttlehold, chokehold, Example: corporations have a stranglehold on the media; the president applied a chokehold to labor disputes that inconvenienced the public
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English (GCIDE) v.0.53
n. (Naut.) The space, or any of the spaces, in front of the boilers of a ship, from which the furnaces are fed; the stokehole of a ship; also, a room containing a ship's boilers; as, forced draft with closed stokehold; -- called also, in American ships, fireroom. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]
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