hold-down
Keeps things fixed
A hold-down is a device, clamp, or fastener that keeps something securely in place, preventing movement or lifting.
In manufacturing and woodworking, hold-downs secure workpieces to tables or jigs during cutting or machining.
The term extends to any mechanism or arrangement that restrains or anchors: The rocket's hold-downs release at the moment of liftoff.
As a modifier, it describes things designed for securing: hold-down bolts, hold-down straps.
Device for holding tight
- bracketSupport or category
- anchorSecures ships to seabed
- strapNarrow flexible binding material
- boltThreaded rod for nuts
screw · rivet · latch · buckle · velcro · binder · fixture · jig
clamp
Device for holding tight
bolt · screw · rivet · latch · buckle · velcro · binder · fixture · jig · mount
anchor
Secures ships to seabed
tension · compression · counterweight · ballast · deadman · sandbag · stake · guy-wire · buttress
shackle
Metal limb restraint
- manacleWrist restraint, usually paired
- handcuffLocking wrist restraint
- fetterAnkle chain for prisoners
chain · tether · bind · pinion · straitjacket · hobble · immobilize · restrict · confine · subdue
- blacksmith toolsball peen hammer, sledgehammer, tongs, hardy, fuller
- rocket launchrocket, spacecraft, liftoff, countdown, shuttle
- battery carecharging, testing, cleaning, storage, replacement