What does "nippers" mean?
Nippers: (Mach.) A device with fingers or jaws for seizing an object and holding or conveying it; as, in a printing press, a clasp for catching a sheet and conveying it to the form.
Additional senses
- 2.(Naut.) A number of rope-yarns wound together, used to secure a cable to the messenger.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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