n.pl. 1 (also pair of pincers) a gripping-tool resembling scissors but with blunt usu. concave jaws to hold a nail etc. for extraction. 2 the front claws of lobsters and some other crustaceans. pincer movement Mil. a movement by two wings of an army converging on the enemy.
[ ME pinsers, pinsours f. AF f. OF pincier PINCH ]