• (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Crimp
a method of permanently attaching a termination to a conductor by pressure deformation or by reshaping the barrel around the conductor to establish good electrical and mechanical connection
A means of securing an electrical contact to a wire using tools that compress the metal contact around the wire.
Decorating the edges of a pie, tart or shortbread by pinching it at regular intervals to provide a fluted effect. Also using special icing tools to decorate fondant iced cakes.
Dents or flutes impressed by a tool on the handle and the foot.
In the 18th and early 19th century referred to the practice of entrapping men into the Army or Navy by getting them into debt; in the late 19th and early 20th century to taking advantage of vulnerable newcomers arriving at the ports.
[Electronics Production] The process of forming a crimp connection
A machine stitch that eases fabric into an area of a seam.
Process of making folds or pleats in the whole cut uppers to facilitate lasting in Moccasin type of slippers.