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Webster 1913 Edition

(krăm-poōnz′)

Noun.

pl.

[F.

crampon

, fr. OHG.

chramph

crooked; akin to G.

krampf

cramp. See

Noun.

, and cf.

A clutch formed of hooked pieces of iron, like double calipers, for raising stones, lumber, blocks of ice, etc.

Iron instruments with sharp points, worn on the shoes to assist in gaining or keeping a foothold.