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▪ I. clinching, vbl. n.|ˈklɪnʃɪŋ|
[f. clinch v.1 + -ing1.]
a. The action of the verb clinch in various senses. Cf. clenching.
1631R. Brathwait Whimzies Ep. Ded. 8 Clinchings likewise were held nimble flashes. a1714T. Ellwood Autobiog. 22 Like the Clinching of a nail. 1871Farrar Witn. Hist. ii. 65 note, The..clinching of all controversy.
b. spec. in Boxing (see clinch v.1 2 e).
1863in H. D. Miles Pugilistica (1881) III. 518/1 The leading characteristics of which [contest] were ‘clinching’, rushing, squeezing. 1899[see clinch v.1 2 e]. 1923Tosswill Boxing Up-to-date 58 No beginner should deliberately cultivate the habit of clinching.
▪ II. ˈclinching, ppl. a.
That clinches.
1567Turberv. Poems, To his Love (R.), With clinching clawes..and talents sharplie set. 1725Pope Odyss. xv. 180 A milkwhite fowl his clinching talons bore. 1873–4Dixon Two Queens x. i, Isabel meant it as a clinching bribe.
Hence clinching-iron = clincher 3.
1874in Knight Dict. Mech. I. 567. |