People were, in other words, defined to some extent by the kinds of food they ate. The Bantu-speakers ate dishes of grain, meat, milk and vegetables, as well as fermented grain and fermented milk products, while the Khoi-Khoi ate meat and milk, and the San hunted wild animals and gathered wild tubers and vegetables.
Hose pliers are a special type of pliers used to tighten hose clamps. They come in several different styles and in a range of prices. Hose pliers are used in the repair and maintenance of washing machines, automobiles and many other kinds of machinery. While there are many different kinds of hose clamps, the ones that most commonly require hose pliers are called spring clamps. Spring clamps got their name by being made of spring steel.
Pliers are a hand tool used to hold objects firmly, possibly developed from tongs used to handle hot metal in Bronze Age Europe. They are also useful for bending and compressing a wide range of materials. Generally, pliers consist of a pair of metal first-class levers joined at a fulcrum positioned closer to one end of the levers, creating short jaws on one side of the fulcrum, and longer handles on the other side.