A fastener or a fastening method that secures parts by bending metal around a joint and squeezing it together, often with a tool that adds indentations to capture the parts
The strap was held together by a simple metal crimp.
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
(1) The waviness of the yarn in a woven fabric (2) The difference in distance 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 Expressed as a percentage of the distance between the two points as the yarn lies in the fabric
a lock of hair that has been artificially waved or curled someone who tricks or coerces men into service as sailors or soldiers curl tightly; "crimp hair"
{i} tight hair wave or curl; act of folding or other action that crimps something; hindrance, person or something that hinders or otherwise interferes with somebody or something else; crease or fold which is made by pinching together two edges (i.e.: fabric or pastry)
The waviness of a fiber expressed as crimps per unit length The change in direction of the fiber represents a crimp node Crimp is often referred to as the number of peaks and valleys in the fiber
To crimp something means to restrict or reduce it. The dollar's recent strength is crimping overseas sales and profits. To procure (sailors or soldiers) by trickery or coercion
an angular or rounded shape made by folding; "a fold in the napkin"; "a crease in his trousers"; "a plication on her blouse"; "a flexure of the colon"; "a bend of his elbow"