köken: 16th century, from schrauben (“to screw”) + Stock (literally “stick, trunk”). The latter word here probably continues the use of Middle High German stoc for a kind of wooden block used to shackle prisoners. Compare also French étau.
vise, vice (instrument consisting of two jaws for holding work) · noose, net
çekim: çoğul étaux
köken: From Middle French estau, estot (“vise”, 16th c.). Probably from Old French estoc (“trunk”), from Frankish *stokk; compare German Schraubstock. If so, a doublet of estoc. Alternatively, a doublet of étal instead, but the Middle French form in -ot makes this appear less likely, particularly as the same spelling also occurs for estoc in other senses.
L'étau se resserre.
L'étau se resserre autour du Haut-Karabakh, que Bakou entend ramener dans son giron.
köken: From Ottoman Turkish منگنه (mengene), according to Nisanyan itself a borrowing from Byzantine Greek μάγγανο (mángano) from Ancient Greek μάγγανον (mánganon).