Related Clues:

• Sustained
• Didn't break
• Had in one's hands
• Didn't collapse
• Decided not to sell
• Not allowed to go
• Not free to go
• Didn't release
• Pinned
• Grasped in one's hand
• Stood firm
• Didn't buckle
• Didn't give way
• Defended against a siege
• Harbored