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crampon
noun
cram·pon
ˈkram-ˌpän 
1
: a hooked clutch or dog for raising heavy objects
—usually used in plural
2
: a climbing iron used especially on ice and snow in mountaineering
—usually used in plural
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The guide showed us Lord Mallory’s diaries and some crampons that belonged to Graham Greene’s brother.
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Sadie Stein, New York Times, 6 Apr. 2025
But if the technical challenges are going to include glacier travel or ice climbing then ice axes/tools, crampons, mountaineering boots, and protective sunglasses will go into the kit.
—Sean McNally, Outdoor Life, 13 Mar. 2025
Otherwise, don your cross-country skis, snowshoes or boots (with crampons) and enjoy cruising or ambling along the almost seven-mile Lac-Brome Path that’s lined in places with a variety of trees such as fir, larch, white cedar and sugar maple.
—Jeanine Barone, Forbes, 5 Mar. 2025
The web of stretchable rubber embedded with metal or plastic studs straps to the bottom of shoes to keep the wearer from slipping and falling on slick pavement, a milder version of ice-climbing crampons.
—Katie Langford, The Denver Post, 11 Feb. 2025
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Sadie Stein, New York Times, 6 Apr. 2025
But if the technical challenges are going to include glacier travel or ice climbing then ice axes/tools, crampons, mountaineering boots, and protective sunglasses will go into the kit.
—Sean McNally, Outdoor Life, 13 Mar. 2025
Otherwise, don your cross-country skis, snowshoes or boots (with crampons) and enjoy cruising or ambling along the almost seven-mile Lac-Brome Path that’s lined in places with a variety of trees such as fir, larch, white cedar and sugar maple.
—Jeanine Barone, Forbes, 5 Mar. 2025
The web of stretchable rubber embedded with metal or plastic studs straps to the bottom of shoes to keep the wearer from slipping and falling on slick pavement, a milder version of ice-climbing crampons.
—Katie Langford, The Denver Post, 11 Feb. 2025
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“Crampon.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/crampon. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.
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crampon
noun
cram·pon
ˈkram-ˌpän
: a set of steel spikes that fit on the bottom of a climbing boot to give a better grip on slopes of hard ice or snow
—usually used in plural
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