Hanger Clamp

A clamp that can be fixed to various parts of a ship to serve as a fixed iron for attachments (as for a tackle block or a stage)1. : a device designed to bind or constrict or to press two or more parts together so as to hold them firmly. 2. : any of various instruments or appliances having parts brought together for holding or compressing something. clamp a clamp with one end contacting the work below its surface and the other end butting against a crosspiece so that the tightening of a bolt passing through its center causes the clamp to wedge the work in position.