crampon

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

An attachment to a shoe or boot that provides traction by means of spikes for climbing or walking on slippery surfaces, especially ice.
An aerial rootlet for support in climbing, as of ivy.
A heraldic figure in the form of a bar bent at the ends into the form of a hook.

verb

/ˈkɹæmpɑn/ /ˈkɹæmpən/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-crampon.wav

crampon crampons cramponing cramponning cramponed cramponned

Borrowed from French crampon.

climbing iron climber

overboot overshoe

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