pincers

Etymology

From Middle English pynsours, from Old French pinceure, pinchure, from pincier (“to pinch”).

noun

1. plural of pincer

noun

1. A gripping tool, pivoted like a pair of scissors, but with blunt jaws.
   Milk formed their chief diet, and this they were supposed to imbibe from the witch herself, from a third "teat" which had been made beneath the arm by a nip from the Devil's pincers. 1936, Rollo Ahmed, The Black Art, London: Long, page 107
2. The front claws of crustaceans such as lobsters.