/euh hohld"/ , n.
1. Informal. a hold or grasp (often fol. by of ): He took ahold of my arm. Grab ahold!
2. get ahold of , Informal. See hold (def. 51).
adv.
3. Naut. Archaic. close to the wind and on a single tack: to keep a vessel ahold.
[ 1600-10; A- 1 + HOLD 1 (n.) ]