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Definition of Crampit
1. n. See Crampet.
Definition of Crampit
1. Noun. (alternative form of crampet) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Crampit
1. a piece of equipment used in curling [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Crampit
Literary usage of Crampit
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Encyclopedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"Hack, a hollow cut in the ice for the player's foot, used in place oí a crampit.
Hands up! stop sweeping, floe, a stone that stops short of the hug-score, ..."
2. The Encyclopaedia of Sport by Henry Charles Howard Suffolk, Hedley Peek, Frederick George Aflalo (1897)
"crampit—Originally a plate of iron shod with nails, fastened to the boot-sole
... Fit the tee—To set the foot fairly upon the heel of the fixed crampit (</. ..."
3. The Account Book of Sir John Foulis of Ravelston 1671-1707 by John Foulis (1894)
"... in all is 3 19 6 7 for a new silver crampit to my sword weighing 6 drap at 4sh ye
... ye old crampit weighing 2 drap at sd pryce 16'h, for workmanship ..."
4. Skating by John Moyer Heathcote, C. G. Tebbutt, T. Maxwell Witham, Henry A. Buck, John Kerr, Ormond Hake (1892)
"Underneath the bag in the same drawing is an illustration of the steel crampit
or foot-iron now generally in use, from which the player delivers his stone. ..."
5. The Badminton Magazine of Sports & Pastimes edited by Alfred Edward Thomas Watson (1896)
"Skip B steps on to the 'tee' at one end, his lead—stone in hand—stands on the
crampit at the other awaiting his directions; the other two players are on ..."
6. A Book of Winter Sports: An Attempt to Catch the Spirit of the Keen Joys of by J. C. Dier (1912)
"THE length of the rink for play, viz. from the back end of the crampit to the
tee, shall be 42 yards, and in no case less than 3 2 yards. ..."
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