WordNet
bench vise
n. a holding device attached to a workbench; has two jaws to hold workpiece firmly in place [syn: vise]
Usage examples of "bench vise".
She picked up a dented length of bumper from the dune buggy, and fit it methodically into a big bench vise.
You may have a grip like a bench vise, but you can't throw me into Tristan's rosebushes anymore.
He had a grip like a bench vise, Elizabeth thought, carefully counting her fingers when she got her hand back.