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† ˈgrapper Obs.
Also 5–6 graper.
[? f. OF. grape, grappe, hook, clamp.]
A grappling-hook.
1485Naval Acc. Hen. VII (1896) 50 Grapers of Iren. 1495Ibid. 193 Grappers of yron with cheynes to the same. 1523Ld. Berners Froiss. I. l. 72 They had great hokes, and grapers of yron, to cast out of one shyppe into another. 1548–50Thomas Ital. Dict., Rampicone, a graper or claspe of yron. 1625J. Glanvill Voy. to Cadiz 61 We fastned grappers in her, and soe towed her a head. 1676H. More Remarks 145 Without the help of vellicles, hooks, or grappers. |