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Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
clam-shell

c.1500; see clam (n.) + shell (n.). As "hinged iron box or bucket used in dredging," from 1877.

Usage examples of "clam-shell".

The money would go in the giant clam-shell ashtray, a real shocker for a man like Coin, but what would he do about the Illuminati ships?