: a hooked clutch or dog for raising heavy objects—usually used in plural
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: a climbing iron used especially on ice and snow in mountaineering—usually used in plural
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The fact that the men involved in the September 12 accident were not carrying crampons or axes wasn’t necessarily indicative of poor decision-making.—Owen Clarke, Outside, 25 Sep. 2025 Below me, hikers with crampons and poles were tiny as ants.—Thomas Page McBee, Travel + Leisure, 16 Sep. 2025 Travelers and locals strap on crampons and then use an ice axe to chart a course up a glacier-blue waterfall frozen mid-cascade.—Nicholas Derenzo, AFAR Media, 16 Sep. 2025 To climb an ice wall, the skirt is a bit complicated to use with crampons.—Maya Silver, Outside Online, 30 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for crampon
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Etymology
Middle English, from Middle French crampon, of Germanic origin; akin to Middle Dutch crampe
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