crampet
(ˈkræmpɪt)
Also 5–9 crampette, (8 cramp-bit, 9 crampit).
[app. a deriv. of cramp n.2]
1. The chape of the scabbard of a sword; occasionally used in Heraldry as a charge.
| 1489 Wardr. Acc. in Fairholt (1885) II. 136, ij crampettes for the king's sword. 1515 Will of R. West (Somerset Ho.), My best goblet with a cover with Crampettes uppon the knopp. 1688 R. Holme Armoury iii. 301/2 A Crampette, or a little Crampe..some term..a Crampnett. 1708 J. Chamberlayne St. Gt. Brit. ii. iii. x. (1743) 429 (Scottish Regalia—the Sword of State) On the scabbard are placed four round plates of silver over gilt, two of them near to the crampet are enamelled with blue. 1868 Cussans Her. vii. 103 The Crampette is an infrequent charge. |
2. = cramp-iron 2. (? error.)
| 1766 Porny Heraldry Gloss., Crampette, a small piece of iron, commonly called cramp-iron bent at each end, by which two bodies are held together. |
3. Sc. = crampon 3; esp. one formerly used by curlers; hence, applied to an iron foot-board laid on the ice for the player to steady himself while delivering the stone.
| 1638 H. Adamson Muses Threnodie (1774) 149 (Jam.) We..clam the Dragon hole, With crampets on our feet, and clubs in hand. 1789 D. Davidson Thoughts on Seasons 160 Their crampets o' the trusty steel, Like bucklers broad did glance. 1890 J. Kerr Hist. Curling ii. i. 177 The use of crampits attached to the feet was forbidden, as they injured the ice. Ibid. iii. iii. 408 After he has taken his place on the crampit every curler should give the soles of his stones a rub. |
4. A wall-hook.
| 1901 Waterhouse Conduit Wiring 24 The first straight run or runs may be fixed up in position by means of saddles, clips or crampets, as the case may require. 1909 W. S. Ibbetson Electric Wiring x. 183 The conduit may be fixed to walls by means of saddles, crampets, or clips. |