Strŏng'hōld, n.

n. A fastness; a fort or fortress; a fortified place; a place of security.

☞ This word is sometimes incorrectly written strong hold, or strong-hold; but when an adjective precedes a noun with which it is compounded, the two words are properly written continuously, or without a hyphen, provided the compound admits of but one accent; as, blackbird, greensward, redbreast, wildfire, stronghold.