crampon


Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
crampon /ˈkrampɒn, -pən/
noun a metal plate with spikes fixed to a boot for climbing on ice or rock.
– origin ME (in the sense ‘grappling hook’): from OFr., of Gmc origin.
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