1. Outil ŕ deux branches.
2. Tenaille. Pince coupante.
3. Appendice pinçant de crustacé. Pince de crabe.
4. (Familier) Main. Serrer la pince.
5. Pli. Pince d'une jupe.
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 Old Fren. dart, of German origin; cf. Old High Germ. tart javelin, dart, AS. darath, daroth, Swed. dart dagger, Icel. darrathr dart.
1. A small narrow pointed missile that is thrown or shot.
2. A tapered tuck made in dressmaking.
1. A wooden pin pushed or driven into a surface; SYN. nog.
2. Small markers inserted into a surface to mark scores or define locations etc.; SYN. pin.
3. A pin which may be turned to regulate the pitch of the strings of a stringed instrument.
4. A prosthesis that replaces a missing leg; SYN. wooden leg, leg, pegleg.
5. A device attached to the gunwale of a boat that holds the oar in place and acts as a fulcrum for rowing; SYN. pin, thole, tholepin, rowlock, oarlock.
(Homonym: pinscher).
A holding tool consisting of a compound lever; SYN. pair of pincers, tweezer, pair of tweezers.
A gripping tool with two hinged arms and (usually) serrated jaws; SYN. plyers.