A device or tool that holds or fastens objects tightly together using a clamping mechanism.
From Middle English and Old Germanic roots related to 'clamp,' which derives from Proto-Germanic *klampaz, originally meaning to press or bind tightly together.
Clampers are everywhere in workshops and engineering—they're the quiet heroes that hold things still so other tools can do their work, which is why the word became so common among craftspeople.
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