different between crampon vs antibot

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French crampon.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?k?æmp?n/, /?k?æmp?n/

Noun

crampon (plural crampons)

1. An attachment to a shoe or boot that provides traction by means of spikes. Used for climbing or walking on slippery surfaces, especially ice.
2. (botany) An aerial rootlet for support in climbing, as of ivy.
3. (heraldry) A heraldic figure in the form of a bar bent at the ends into the form of a hook.

Translations

Verb

crampon (third-person singular simple present crampons, present participle cramponning or (US) cramponing, simple past and past participle cramponned or (US) cramponed)

1. To walk or climb using crampons

Further reading

• crampon on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

French

Etymology

Diminutive of Old French crampe

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k???.p??/

Noun

crampon m (plural crampons)

1. cleat, crampon (a protrusion on the bottom of a shoe for better traction)
2. spike
3. clinger, hanger-on

Further reading

• “crampon” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French crampon.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kram?pon/

Noun

crampon n (plural crampoane)

1. square-headed spike used to fasten rails on sleepers / railroad ties
2. cleat (protrusion on the bottom of a shoe for better traction)
3. (botany) crampon (aerial root a climbing plant uses to affix itself to vertical support)

Declension

Further reading

• crampon in DEX online - Dic?ionare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)

English

Etymology

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Noun

antibot (plural antibots)

1. A series of small plates fitted to crampons to prevent the buildup of snow.
   • 2005 Craig Connally, The Mountaineering Handbook

     Consider adding antibot plates if you hike when balling up is a frequent problem […]