To fold or plait in regular undulation in such a way that the material will retain the shape intended; to give a wavy appearance to; as, to crimp the border of a cap; to crimp a ruffle. Cf. Crisp.

To pinch and hold; to seize.

To cause to contract, or to render more crisp, as the flesh of a fish, by gashing it, when living, with a knife; as, to crimp skate, etc.

In fibres, the waviness in certain fibres, particularly in fine wool's and in certain rayon staple fibres. The difference between two points on a yarn as it lies in a fabric and the same two points when the yarn has been removed and straightened and expressed as percentage between the two points as the yarn lies in fabric. In wire cloth, crimp is the corrugations in warp and fill wires to lock the wires in place. Sometimes referred to as double crimp.

A game at cards.

In fiber, a nonlinear configuration, such as a sawtooth, zigzag or random curl relative to the fiber axis. Most synthetic fibers, both staple and filament, used in carpets are crimped. Fiber crimp increases bulk and cover and facilitates interlocking of staple fibers in spun yarns. (See " Texturizing.")

Woven yarns bend up and down as they pass over and under one another. Crimped yarns are shortened due to this bending and tend to exhibit more stretch.

The natural curl in Huacaya alpaca fiber, grown into the fiber from the follicle. Fibers vary widely in their crimp configuration. Crimp gives alpaca natural resilience and elasticity.

depressions in wires to hold them in place

Basically a barrel shaped electrical terminal or contact that can be compressed around a wire to form a solderless contact (using a crimping tool, for example).

The physical compression (deformation) of a contact barrel around a conductor to make an electrical and mechanical connection to the conductor.

A type of wire termination method that places the bare wire in a metal connector which is then squeezed tightly around the wire. This is one of the fastest and most inexpensive termination methods. Different types of crimp terminals are available to suit different sized wire and screw plates.

to entrap into the military or naval service; as, to crimp seamen.

One who decoys or entraps men into the military or naval service.

A keeper of a low lodging house where sailors and emigrants are entrapped and fleeced.

A 173d Airborne drive through the Ho Bo Woods region of Binh Duong Province in an attempt to destroy the politico-military headquarters of the Viet Cong Military Region 4.

A very small hold that is less than the width of a finger tip in thickness.

Temporary form fastening consisting of a finger of paper cut through the plies being fastened.

A very small hold - the kind I avoid

1. a small but positive hold. 2. the process of holding onto a crimp.

In cartridge making, to fold the edge of (a cartridge case) inward so as to close the mouth partly and confine the charge.

The top edge of an incline

On a cartridge case, the constriction at the mouth to retain the charge. Stab crimp is characterised by a succession of indentations around the case engaging the cannelure in the bullet jacket. Rolled crimp is formed by turning the case mouth inward to form a cannelure against the bullet around its entire circumference, thereby retaining the bullet at the proper seating depth. Both types of crimp are used on high pressure cartridges to retain the primer in the pocket.

The inward shaping of the mouth of a cartridge case or shotshell to secure the projectile(s). Common crimps are: roll, star, fold, stab, semi-circular, split ring, and rose.