Nippers /(?)/

Nip·pers

Nippers

n. pl.
  1. Small pinchers for holding, breaking, or cutting.
  2. 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. (Mach.)
  3. A number of rope-yarns wound together, used to secure a cable to the messenger. (Naut.)