Nutcracker
mechanical device for cracking nuts
A nutcracker is a mechanical device for cracking open the shells of nuts. Nutcrackers are usually made of a lever which squeezes the shell of a nut until it cracks open. The earliest use of the term "nutcracker" in English dates to 1481.[source?]
The Nutcracker's first design was created in 1567 and became widely available in the mid 17th century,