Zwinge.
vise (such as a bench vise)
Meaning & usage
vise (such as a bench vise)
clamp
Where this word comes from
From Middle High German twenge and Middle Low German dwenge (“constraint, clamp; lace”), from Proto-Germanic *þwanguz, *þwangiz, cognate with English thong, German Zwang. Derived from the root in Middle High German twengen (“to squeeze, force, cram”) (> modern German zwängen) and Middle Low German dwengen (“to squeeze, press”). Cognate with Old Norse þvengr, Danish tvinge.
Zwinge (a village in Gemeinde Sonnenstein, Landkreis Eichsfeld, Thuringia, Germany)
Where this word comes from
From a name given by the Cherusci to an early, 4th-century settlement.
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