| 单词 | to be at a grapple |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto be at a grapple ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > anchoring equipment > [noun] > anchor > grapnel grapnel1373 grapple1623 grappling1626 1623 R. Whitbourne Disc. New-found-land 59 Two small Boates, Anchors and a small Grapple..were found in the Sea. 1657 R. Ligon True Hist. Barbados 81 A Grapple, that holds the long-Boat of a Ship. 1749 Acct. Voy. for Discov. North-west Passage II. 147 Off Sea Horse Point, where the Boat found a pretty Stream being at a Grapple. 1804 Naval Chron. 11 360 Cables, or chains, to which it is fixed by means of grapples, to prevent its drifting outwards. 1807 G. Chalmers Caledonia I. i. ii. 100 An iron grapple, or anchor, was discovered with one of these canoes. < as lemmas |
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