a part of something that you can hold onto when climbing it 攀爬时手可抓的东西[地方]
Examples from the Corpus
handhold• He managed to grab it; the stitches gave a better handhold.• He picked his way down, handhold and foothold, until I could reach up and take him by the knees.• It was a heavily padded room, its walls covered with recessedhandholds.• One of his hands grabbed a rustyhandhold at the roof's edge, then he heaved himself up with the other.• A stout, stainless steelpillar between deckhead and cabinsole in the galley area forms a usefulhandhold.• Using handholds in the wood to steady herself, she crept back along the beam, hauling Simon along with her.