A small anchor with three or more flukes, used esp. for boats, and for securing a balloon on its descent. †to come to grapnel: to come to anchor.
= grapnel, n. 2 to be at a grapple: to be at anchor. Obsolete.
concrete. = grapnel, n. 2, grapple, n. 2.
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