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crampon
1. one of a pair of pivoted steel levers used to lift heavy objects; grappling iron
2. one of a pair of frames each with 10 or 12 metal spikes, strapped to boots for climbing or walking on ice or snow
crampon [′kram‚pän]
(design engineering)
A device for holding heavy objects such as rock or lumber to be lifted by a crane or hoist; shaped like scissors, with points bent inward for grasping the load. Also spelled crampoon.
crampon
A lifting device (for rocks, timbers, etc.) having two steel spikes which grasp the load.
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A month later we were being issued with crampons and ice picks and were off on an adventure.
COMFORT FOOD by South Wales Echo (Cardiff, Wales)
Gwyn Norrell, from Snailbeach, Shrewsbury, had no ice axe or crampons when he slipped on an ice sheet on Clogwyn Coch on February 7 and fell over the cliff.
Fatal fall climber ill-equipped for conditions by Daily Post (Liverpool, England)
Rescuers said the man had not been wearing crampons although he did have an ice axe with him.
STRANDED WALKER SAVED ON SNOWDON; RAF helicopter rescue by Huddersfield Daily Examiner (Huddersfield, England)
 
 
 
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