Old English creopera "one who creeps," agent noun from creep (v.). Also see creep (n.). Meaning "lice" is from 1570s; of certain birds from 1660s; of certain plants from 1620s.

A plant that grows across the ground and up walls and fences. It sends out rootlets with sticky pads from the stem that allow it to attach to the walls eg. English Ivy

A trailing shoot that takes root at the nodes.

(n) any plant (as ivy or periwinkle) that grows by creeping(n) a person who crawls or creeps along the ground(n) any of various small insectivorous birds of the northern hemisphere that climb up a tre [..]

A small iron grapnel used to drag in the bottom of rivers, &c. for any thing loss. Cringle

A very small anchor, very much like a grapnel but without any flukes or barbs. Used for the retrieval of mooring lines, anchor cables, flotsam etc.

A board with wheels which formation skydivers manoeuvre to prepare their skydive

A person or a thing who crawls or creeps. * Burton *: Standing waters are most unwholesome,full of mites, creepers; slimy, muddy, unclean. Often in plural, a one-piece garment for infants design [..]