pinholds

Noun

pinhold (plural pinholds)

1. A place where a pin is fixed.
   • He tore the flower gravely from its pinhold smelt its almost no smell and placed it in his heartpocket.1920, James Joyce, Ulysses
2. The attachment formed by pinning something in place.
   • Cut another piece of cardboard to fill the bottom orifice, sew this well in, and cover the whole figure with muslin to prevent the bran coming out, and to give a good pinhold.1894, Hall's Journal of Health
3. An attachment mechanism made up of a small hole into which a pin is inserted.
   • They are made with a 1 in. (2.54 cm.) pinhold and are furnished in two sizes for feeders of 500,000 circ. mils and 1,000,000 circ_ mils respectively.1918, Electrical World - Volume 71, page 1167
4. A hold in which the opponent is pinned to the mat.
   • ...into a take-down hold and possibly a pinhold— that pins his shoulders to the mat1936, The Youth's Companion Combined with American Boy, page 23