1. Pièce de métal recourbée, ŕ une ou plusieurs pointes, qui sert, dans les ouvrages de maçonnerie, de charpenterie ou de menuiserie, ŕ attacher fortement quelque chose.
2. Pièce de métal ou d'autre matière attachée ŕ la semelle d'une chaussure pour empêcher le dérapage.
A device (used by carpenters) that holds things firmly together.
1. A device designed to bind or constrict or to press two or more parts together so as to hold them firmly
2. Any of various instruments or appliances having parts brought together for holding or compressing something
ETYM French See Crampoons.
1. A hinged pair of curved iron bars; used to raise heavy objects; spiked grip for carrying blocks of stone, ice, etc. SYN. crampoon.
2. An iron spike attached to the shoe to prevent slipping on ice when walking or climbing; SYN. crampoon, climbing iron, climber.
3. Boot-spike for rock and ice climbing.
1. One that clings tenaciously to someone or something
2. An explosive device designed to cling magnetically to a metallic surface (as the hull of a ship)