An attachment to a shoe or boot that provides traction by means of spikes. Used for climbing or walking on slippery surfaces, especially ice.

To walk or climb using crampons.

simple past tense and past participle of cramp

Uncomfortably restricted in size or space, or financially. / Overcrowded or congested. / Tight because of or like suffering a cramp. / Illegible.

(games) A guessing game, similar to charades, in which players act out, or silently pantomime, words that rhyme with a clue word. The objective is to guess a concealed word that rhymes with the clue.

The state or quality of being cramped.

An iron bar, bent at right angles at each end, used to hold masonry together / An arrangement of iron wedges inserted into a cavity to lift heavy stones; a lewis

A town in Northumberland, England (OS grid ref NZ2776).

(law) A court settlement in bankruptcy in which creditors receive less than they were owed

plural of cramdown