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.
Any tool used to pinch or squeeze such as pliers, pincers, tongs, clamp, clip etc. · earwig (dermapteran insect of family Forficulidae) · The claws of some crustaceans used for feeding or defence.
çekim: çoğul qısqaclar · tamlayan qısqacın
köken: From Proto-Turkic *kïsgač,from *kïs- (“to squeeze, to pinch”) + *-gač, equivalent to qıs- (“to squeeze”) + -qac. Cognates with Turkish kıskaç, Karakhanid قِسْغاجْ (qısɣač), Karaim кыскач, Kazakh қысқыш (qysqyş), Tatar кыскыч (qısqıç), Turkmen gysgyç, Uyghur قىسقاچ (qisqach), Uzbek qisqich.
a clip, a clamp, a fastener (device that holds things together by pressing or grasping – "squeezing") · a jam (difficult situation) · wrap, especially sandwich wraps
clamp, cramp (tool to press and hold objects together) · press (device used to apply pressure to an item) · compressor (device that squeezes, e.g. instrument for compressing an artery)
From Ottoman Turkish منگنه (mengene), according to Nisanyan itself a borrowing from Byzantine Greek μάγγανο (mángano) from Ancient Greek μάγγανον (mánganon).