Etymology

crampoon

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Today it means: A clutch formed of hooked pieces of iron, like double calipers, for raising stones, lumber, blocks of ice, etc. Full definition →

French crampon
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The story

  1. French · derived fromcrampon
  2. English todaycrampoon

From French crampon.

Words from the same roots

Frenchcrampon all →

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.