Holdfast most often refers to:
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Holdfast (biology), a root-like structure that anchors aquatic sessile organisms to their substrate
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Holdfast (tool)
A holdfast or hold fast is a form of temporary clamp used to hold a workpiece firmly to the top or side of a wooden workbench or the top of an anvil.
A form of bench dog, a traditional holdfast has either a curved or flat top. Its shank is sl ...
, a tool used to secure a workpiece to a workbench or anvil
Holdfast or hold fast may also refer to:
Places
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Holdfast, Worcestershire
Holdfast is a civil parish in the Malvern Hills District of the county of Worcestershire, England. It is one of three administered by the Parish Council of Longdon, Queenhill and Holdfast. It lies on the west bank of the River Severn
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, a village in the Malvern Hills District in England
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Holdfast, Saskatchewan, a village in Canada
Arts and entertainment
Music
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''Hold Fast'' (album), a 2012 album, or the title song, by the Crookes
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Hold Fast: Acoustic Sessions'', a 2018 album by Face to Face
* ''Hold Fast'', a 2020 album by
Stick in the Wheel
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"Hold Fast" (song), a 2006 song by MercyMe
* "Hold Fast", a 2010 song by Honor Bright from ''
Action! Drama! Suspense!
''Action! Drama! Suspense!'' is the second full-length album from Syracuse, NY pop-punk band, Honor Bright. This is their first album on Triple Crown Records, and was released on July 20, 2010. The album was produced by Tom Denney, formerly of A ...
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Other media
* ''Hold Fast'', a travel documentary film by
Moxie Marlinspike
Moxie Marlinspike is an American entrepreneur, cryptographer, and computer security researcher. Marlinspike is the creator of Signal, co-founder of the Signal Technology Foundation, and served as the first CEO of Signal Messenger LLC. He is als ...
* ''Holdfast: Nations at War'', a video game set during the Napoleonic Wars; see
Napoleonic Wars in fiction
The Napoleonic Wars were a defining event of the early 19th century, and inspired many works of fiction, from then until the present day.
*Napoleon himself wrote '' Clisson et Eugénie'' (1795), a romantic novella about a soldier and his lover ...
Other uses
* Hold Fast, the motto of the
Clan MacLeod
Clan MacLeod (; gd, Clann Mac Leòid ) is a Highland Scottish clan associated with the Isle of Skye. There are two main branches of the clan: the MacLeods of Harris and Dunvegan, whose chief is MacLeod of MacLeod, are known in Gaelic as ' ("se ...
* Holdfast, a common name in the South of England for
Sellotape
Sellotape () is a British brand of transparent, polypropylene-based, pressure-sensitive tape, and is the leading brand in the United Kingdom. Sellotape is generally used for joining, sealing, attaching and mending.
In much the same way that Sc ...
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Holdfast (artillery)
A holdfast or hold fast is a means by which artillery is fixed firmly to the ground.
One type of holdfast is a concrete base or plinth that a gun is bolted to. These were used, for example, to secure coastal battery guns in pillboxes during Wo ...
, a plinth or pedestal to which an anti-aircraft or coastal battery gun was fitted
* Codename for the
1962 Ceylonese coup d'état attempt
The 1962 Ceylonese coup d'état attempt (also known as the ''Colonels' coup'' ) was a failed military coup d'état planned in Ceylon (Sri Lanka). A group of Christian officers in the military and police planned to topple the government of Prime ...
See also
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Avast (disambiguation), a cognate of ''hold fast''
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Holdfast Bay (disambiguation)
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