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Cramp(health)
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cramp noun2. [kramp] LME.
[Middle Dutch krampe (whence German Krampe, French crampe) = Old Saxon krampo, of same ult. origin as CRAMP noun1.]
= CRAMPON 2. obsolete exc. dial. LME.
= CRAMP-IRON 2. LME.
A portable tool or press with a movable part which can be screwed up so as to hold things together. Cf. CLAMP noun1 3. M17.
fig. A constraining force or power; a cramping restraint. E18.
H. Matthews His genius was embarrassed by the cramp..of the French literary laws.
A footplate of iron etc. worn on ice to secure one's grip or, if polished, to skate on. Cf. CRAMPET 3, CRAMPON 2. E19.
crampy adjective2 restricting, confining M19.