Handholds [noun]

Then he went back, eased off the emergency brake, grabbed a good handhold and strained forward.

The reaction of the motion brought him slowly but surely to a handhold in the wall.

Wade decided suddenly to go into his room and stopped himself by grabbing a handhold.

Under every carefully worked out step there was solid stone, for every handhold there was a firm stake set.

With desperate haste, Penny obtained another handhold which seemed fairly firm.

Until I reached the handhold, had placed my foot on the left rear step.

Were you able to secure a handhold or a leg-hold or any sort of a hold on the automobile as you moved forward?

For the next four or five, wind had swept the top of the balustrade, providing damp, gritty handhold.

The walls of the fissure are of smooth limestone, offering neither foothold nor handhold.

Clinging hard to his handhold, he lowered himself to feel for a softer spot.