cramps

A painful contraction of a muscle which cannot be controlled.

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

A clamp for carpentry or masonry.

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.

(of a muscle) To contract painfully and uncontrollably.

To affect with cramps or spasms.

To prohibit movement or expression of.

“You're cramping my style.”

To restrain to a specific physical position, as if with a cramp.

“You're going to need to cramp the wheels on this hill.”

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

(by extension) To bind together; to unite.

To form on a cramp.

“to cramp boot legs”

A cramping of muscles, especially in the abdomen or uterus.