Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - pincers

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. Phrases and idioms pincer movement Mil. a movement by two wings of an army converging on the enemy. Etymology: ME pinsers, pinsours f. AF f. OF pincier PINCH