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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun An iron spike or bar driven or built into a wall to serve as a support for other parts or to bind the wall itself.
  • noun A cap of metal at the end of the scabbard of a sword; a chape.
  • noun A cramp-iron.
  • noun A piece of iron with small spikes in it, made to fit the sole of the shoe, for keeping the footing firm on ice or slippery ground.
  • noun In heraldry, the representation of the chape of a scabbard, used as a bearing.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Mil.) See crampet.

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  • noun Alternative form of crampet.

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