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Clamp   /klæmp/   Listen
Clamp

noun
1.
A device (generally used by carpenters) that holds things firmly together.  Synonym: clinch.



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"Clamp" Quotes from Famous Books



... welding it is necessary that the work be well supported in the position it should occupy. This may be done with fire brick placed under the pieces in the correct position, or, better still, with some form of clamp. The edges of the crack should touch each other at the point where welding is to start and from there should gradually separate at the rate of about one-fourth inch to the foot. This is done so that the cooling of the molten metal as it is added will draw the edges together ...
— Oxy-Acetylene Welding and Cutting • Harold P. Manly

... out startlingly white and brilliant from the black. She put the elastic clamp over her head and set the receiver to her ear. Instantly she was assailed by dreadful noises, a jangle of inarticulate sounds like the ...
— We Can't Have Everything • Rupert Hughes

... device," continued Cam, "Edgar Rice Burroughs would not have to have spent weeks playing with nonsense syllables before styling his hero 'Tarzan'." He guided Ev to a specially constructed chair at the table, rolled up one sleeve, applied the clamp to his bicep. "The machine provided evaluation of alternate names on the basis of blood-pressure fluctuation. Till now, we've had to operate on the basis of a cumulative group reaction, with the obvious disadvantages of all group ...
— Telempathy • Vance Simonds



Words linked to "Clamp" :   fix, bench clamp, inflict, visit, holding device, C-clamp, impose, pipe vise, cramp, clamp down, secure, pipe clamp, fasten, bring down, press, clinch



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