crampet (plural crampets)
(military) A cramp iron or cramp ring; a chape, as of a scabbard.
One of the metal plates, with spikes attached, forming a pair of crampons.
(curling) A metal plate for a player to stand on when delivering the stones.
Source: Wiktionary
Cram"pet (krm"pt), n. Etym: [See Cramp,n.] (Mil.)
Definition: A cramp iron or cramp ring; a chape, as of a scabbard. [Written also crampit and crampette.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
24 May 2025
(adjective) sufficiently significant to affect the whole world; “earthshaking proposals”; “the contest was no world-shaking affair”; “the conversation...could hardly be called world-shattering”
The first coffee-house in Mecca dates back to the 1510s. The beverage was in Turkey by the 1530s. It appeared in Europe circa 1515-1519 and was introduced to England by 1650. By 1675 the country had more than 3,000 coffee houses, and coffee had replaced beer as a breakfast drink.
