Grasp in your hand
• The whole interior portion of a vessel below the lower deck, in which the cargo is stowed. • To cause to remain in a given situation, position, or relation, within certain limits, or the like; to prevent from falling or escaping; to sustain; to restrain; to keep in the grasp; to retain. • To retain in one's keeping; to maintain possession of, or authority over; not to give up or relinquish; to keep; to defend.