An instrument with iron claws intended to be thrown by a rope for the purpose of seizing and holding an object, esp. an enemy's ship.
| 单词 | θ165186 |
| 释义 | society > armed hostility > hostilities at sea > naval weapons and equipment > [noun] > grappling-iron (10) grapnel1373 An instrument with iron claws intended to be thrown by a rope for the purpose of seizing and holding an object, esp. an enemy's ship. grapper1485 A grappling-hook. grappling-iron1538 = grapnel, n. clasp1552 A grappling iron or hook. grasper1553 A grappling-iron. Obsolete. (Cf. grasple, n.) harpagon1553 A grappling-hook. grappling1598 concrete. A grappling-iron; = grapple, n. 1. In first quot. collective = implements for grappling. grappler1628 One who or that which grapples. a grappling-iron, a grapnel. grapple-iron1661 = grappling-iron n. at grappling, n. compounds 2 (literal and figurative). wall-hook1681 †(a) a grappling-hook (obsolete); (b) a hook-shaped holdfast for fastening wire, piping, etc. to a wall. |
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