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.
Phrases and idioms:
pincer movement Mil. a movement by two wings of an army converging on the enemy.
Etymology: ME pinsers, pinsours f. AF f. OF pincier PINCH