C-clamp

American  

[see-klamp] / ˈsiˌklæmp /

noun

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

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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

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

The Looq DG uses an expandable C-clamp as the cradle to hold your smartphone in place.

From Time