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Crampon   /krˈæmpɔn/   Listen
Crampon

noun
1.
A hinged pair of curved iron bars; used to raise heavy objects.  Synonym: crampoon.
2.
An iron spike attached to the shoe to prevent slipping on ice when walking or climbing.  Synonyms: climber, climbing iron, crampoon.





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"Crampon" Quotes from Famous Books



... occupations were in full swing. An amateur cobbler, his crampon on a last, studded its spiked surface with clouts, hammering away in complete disregard of the night-watchman's uneasy slumbers. The big sewing-machine raced at top-speed round the flounce of a tent, and in odd corners among the bunks were groups mending mitts, strengthening sleeping-bags and ...
— The Home of the Blizzard • Douglas Mawson


Words linked to "Crampon" :   crampoon, grappling hook, grapnel, grappling iron, grappler, climber, spike, grapple


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