Definition of Crampet

1. n. A cramp iron or cramp ring; a chape, as of a scabbard.

2. n. One of the plates of iron, with attached spikes, forming a pair of crampoons

Definition of Crampet

1. Noun. (military) A cramp iron or cramp ring; a chape, as of a scabbard. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Crampet

1. a device for raising heavy objects [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Crampet

cramesies
cramesy
crammed
crammer
crammers
cramming
cramoisie
cramoisies
cramoisy
cramp
cramp iron
cramp someone's style
crampbark
cramped
crampedness
crampet (current term)
crampets
crampfish
crampfishes
crampier
crampiest
crampiness
cramping
crampit
crampits
crampon
cramponee
crampons
crampoon
crampoons

Literary usage of Crampet

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Glossary of Terms Used in Heraldry by Henry Gough, James Parker (1894)
"A crampet or, the inside per pale azure and gules, charged with the letter r of the first— Badge of Earl DE LA WARR. ..."

2. Sussex Archaeological Collections Relating to the History and Antiquities of by Sussex Archaeological Society (1850)
"It is intended to represent the metal termination of a scabbard, and is blazoned in Parker's ' Glossary' as, A crampet or, the inside per pale, ..."

3. Costume in England: A History of Dress to the End of the Eighteenth Century by Frederick William Fairholt, Harold Arthur Lee-Dillon Dillon (1885)
"crampet. The chape of a sword. In the wardrobe accounts of Henry VII., 1489, ... The upper crampet is called a locket. CRAPE. A thin transparent stuff, ..."

4. A Glossary of Terms Used in Heraldry by Henry Gough, James Parker (1894)
"A crampet or, the inside per pale azure and gules, charged with the letter r of the first— Badge of Earl DE LA WARR. ..."

5. Sussex Archaeological Collections Relating to the History and Antiquities of by Sussex Archaeological Society (1850)
"It is intended to represent the metal termination of a scabbard, and is blazoned in Parker's ' Glossary' as, A crampet or, the inside per pale, ..."

6. Costume in England: A History of Dress to the End of the Eighteenth Century by Frederick William Fairholt, Harold Arthur Lee-Dillon Dillon (1885)
"crampet. The chape of a sword. In the wardrobe accounts of Henry VII., 1489, ... The upper crampet is called a locket. CRAPE. A thin transparent stuff, ..."

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