pincer - 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]