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Grappling iron   /grˈæplɪŋ ˈaɪərn/   Listen
noun
Grappling  n.  
1.
A laying fast ho1d of; also, that by which anything is seized and held, a grapnel.
2.
A grapple; a struggle. A match for yards in fight, in grappling for the bear.
Grappling iron, a hooked iron used for grappling and holding fast a vessel or other object.
Grappling tongs, broad-mouthed tongs for gathering oysters.





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"Grappling iron" Quotes from Famous Books



... King of the Cirodastri. And in maritime warfare he ordered that the ships should have tall masts, and that on their tops there should be a spar fixed [Footnote 6: Compare No. 1115.] of 40 feet long and one third of a foot thick. At one end of this was a small grappling iron and at the other a counterpoise; and there was also attached 12 feet of chain; and, at the end of this chain, as much rope as would reach from the chain to the base of the top, where it was fixed with a small rope; from this base it ran down to ...
— The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci, Complete • Leonardo Da Vinci


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