Cramp

That which confines or contracts; a restraint; a shackle; a hindrance.

A device, usually of iron bent at the ends, used to hold together blocks of stone, timbers, etc.; a cramp iron.

A rectangular frame, with a tightening screw, used for compressing the joints of framework, etc.

A piece of wood having a curve corresponding to that of the upper part of the instep, on which the upper leather of a boot is stretched to give it the requisite shape.

A spasmodic and painful involuntary contraction of a muscle or muscles, as of the leg.

To compress; to restrain from free action; to confine and contract; to hinder.

To fasten or hold with, or as with, a cramp.

to bind together; to unite.

To form on a cramp; as, to cramp boot legs.

To afflict with cramp.

Knotty; difficult.

a painful and involuntary muscular contraction