C-clamp

[ see-klamp ]

noun

1. a C-shaped clamp having a screw that is threaded through one tip in the direction of the other tip.

Example Sentences

Elsewhere, the bright yellow “o” in “radio” is being painfully squeezed by a C-clamp; the illusionistic word is set against a heavenly blue sky, where invisible radio waves travel.

From Los Angeles Times

He described days treating critically ill Covid patients when he searched a whole hospital to find only a single C-clamp needed to run oxygenation equipment.

From New York Times

The major changes surround the grille -- which features a single, instead of double crossbar -- and headlight clusters that trade the C-clamp design of the current model for a simpler shape wrapped on the top and outsides by an LED light bar.

From Fox News

The silver pickup’s brand badges are covered, but the grille appears to be a riff on the look of Ford’s larger trucks, with a shield-shaped grille bisected by horizontal bars that are bookended with “C-clamp” shaped headlights, similar to the lights on the F-150 and F-Series Super Duty.

From Fox News

It was as if a C-clamp were tightened around her head and face, punctuated with pulsations of what seemed like an electrical current.

From New York Times