Clamp /(klămp)/

1. Something rigid that holds fast or binds things together; a piece of wood or metal, used to hold two or more pieces together.
2. An instrument with a screw or screws by which work is held in its place or two parts are temporarily held together. (Joinery)
3. One of a pair of movable pieces of lead, or other soft material, to cover the jaws of a vise and enable it to grasp without bruising.
4. A thick plank on the inner part of a ship's side, used to sustain the ends of beams. (Shipbuilding)
5. A mass of bricks heaped up to be burned; or of ore for roasting, or of coal for coking.
6. A mollusk. See Clam. [Obs.]

imp. & p. p. Clamped; p. pr. & vb. n. Clamping

1. To fasten with a clamp or clamps; to apply a clamp to; to place in a clamp.
2. To cover, as vegetables, with earth. [Eng.]

1. A heavy footstep; a tramp.

1. To tread heavily or clumsily; to clump.

   The policeman with clamping feet.