Sentence:  The <WSD>clutch</WSD> which I had made to save myself in falling had torn away this chin-band and let the lower jaw drop on the breast; but little else was disturbed, and there was Colonel John Mohune resting as he had been laid out a century ago. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  A small handbag or purse with no straps or handle.