Source etymology 1
Original entry ↗To fasten in place or together with (or as if with) a clamp. · To hold or grip tightly. · To modify (a numeric value) so it lies within a specific range by replacing values outside the range with the closest value within the range. · To cover (vegetables, etc.) with earth.
A brace, band, or clasp for strengthening or holding things that are apart together. · An instrument used to temporarily shut off blood vessels, etc. · A parking enforcement device used to immobilise a car until it can be towed or a fine is paid; a wheel clamp. · A pile of materials to be heated in a controlled way, stacked or heaped together with fuel so that the fire permeates the pile; the material of interest may be bricks to be fired, ore for roasting, coal for coking, or wood to be charcoalized.
From Middle Dutch clamp, klampe (“a clamp, hook”), from Proto-Germanic *klampō (“clamp, clasp, cramp”), related to Proto-West Germanic *klammjan. Cognate with Middle Low German klampe (“hook, clasp”), German Klampfe, Klampe (“clamp, cleat”), Norwegian klamp (“clamp”), Alemannic German Chlempi.
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