pincers
noun/ˈpɪnsəɹz/
Etymology From Middle English pynsours, from Old French pinceure, pinchure, from pincier (“to pinch”).
1
A gripping tool, pivoted like a pair of scissors, but with blunt jaws.
- Milk formed their chief diet, and this they were supposed to imbibe from the witch herself, from a third "teat" which had been made beneath the arm by a nip from the Devil's pincers.1936, Rollo Ahmed, The Black Art, London: Long, page 107:
2
The front claws of crustaceans such as lobsters.
- Synonyms
- forceps, chelae, claws, nippers, pair of pincers, pinchers
- Related terms
- tongs