单词 | pin tongs |
释义 | > as lemmaspin tongs pin tongs n. (plural) tongs or pliers for holding pins or similar small objects. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > clutching or gripping equipment > [noun] > tongs or pincers > other tongs or pincers mullets1585 corn-tongs1622 pin tongs1846 1846 C. Holtzapffel Turning & Mech. Manip. II. 862 Small wires and other pieces are also held in a species of pliers,..called pin-tongs, or sliding-tongs. 1940 Chambers's Techn. Dict. 644/2 Pin tongs, small hand-vices with a split draw-in chuck. 1992 A. Kurzweil Case of Curiousities xii. 89 There were also screw plates, hacksaws, pin tongs, calipers, bench keys. < as lemmas |
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