pincers Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a hand tool for holding consisting of a compound lever for grasping
    pair of tweezers; tweezer; pair of pincers; pincer.
  2. noun a grasping structure on the limb of a crustacean or other arthropods
    nipper; claw; chela; pincer.

WordNet

Pin"cers noun plural
Etymology
Cf. F. pince pinchers, fr. pincer to pinch. See Pinch, Pinchers.
Definitions
  1. See Pinchers.

Webster 1913