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Definition of Crampoons
1. n. pl. A clutch formed of hooked pieces of iron, like double calipers, for raising stones, lumber, blocks of ice, etc.
Definition of Crampoons
1. Noun. (plural of crampoon) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Crampoons
1. crampoon [n] - See also: crampoon
Lexicographical Neighbors of Crampoons
Literary usage of Crampoons
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Tour Through the Pyrenees by Hippolyte Taine (1875)
"... barefoot, that they might make no noise, well armed with cutlasses, crampoons
and several slender rope-ladders; and, adroit as foxes, they had stolen to ..."
2. A Dictionary of the English Language by Samuel Johnson, John Walker, Robert S. Jameson (1828)
"J. The chape at the bottom of the scabbard of a broadsword. crampoons, (kram'-pooni)
ns Iron instruments ..."
3. The English Illustrated Magazine (1897)
"... in its native mountains, which, by-the-way, are of very modest elevation and
easy accessibility. The man in the foreground is buckling his crampoons, ..."
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