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