pincers

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Fore and aft sails, like the spanker, the fore and main spencers, or the mainsail of a schooner, are reefed at the foot, the lower part being tied down to the boom.

From Outward Bound Or, Young America Afloat by Optic, Oliver

There they wear little caps like the Suabian peasantry, petticoats commencing under the shoulders, and very short spencers: a very ugly costume, the whole figure being spoilt by the short waist.

From Visit to Iceland and the Scandinavian North by Pfeiffer, Ida

There are spencers and cupbearers who bring drink to thee.

From The Harvard Classics, Volume 49, Epic and Saga With Introductions And Notes by Eliot, Charles William

There was a black silhouette picture of Great-great-aunt Martha riding on a pillion; and another of Grandfather and Grandmother Charrington, with a family of six little Charringtons, clad in décolleté dresses, spencers, and pantaloons.

From The Daughters of a Genius by Vaizey, George de Horne, Mrs.

The cords which fastened their spencers, and also their girdles, were ornamented with a garland worked in silver thread. 

From Visit to Iceland and the Scandinavian North by Pfeiffer, Ida