Crossword clues for grappling iron
grappling iron
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Grappling \Grap"pling\, n.
A laying fast ho1d of; also, that by which anything is seized and held, a grapnel.
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A grapple; a struggle. A match for yards in fight, in grappling for the bear.
--Dryden.Grappling iron, a hooked iron used for grappling and holding fast a vessel or other object.
Grappling tongs, broad-mouthed tongs for gathering oysters.
Wiktionary
n. (context nautical English) A metal hook, attached to the end of a line, used to hold two ships together.
WordNet
n. a tool consisting of several hooks for grasping and holding; often thrown with a rope [syn: grapnel, grapple, grappler, grappling hook]
Usage examples of "grappling iron".
This line won't take the strain, and anyway I think the grappling iron would just come splintering out of the wood.
Chip took his grappling iron in one hand and the rat in the other along to where the others were abseiling.
He had to prove to himself there was a plane down there, so he scrounged a rope and grappling iron and began dragging the lake bottom.
Jimmy struggled to get his gun out of his coat pocket, but Archie had also seized a grappling iron and with tremendous force for such a small man, he rammed it straight into Jimmy's chest and sent him sprawling on the deck.
He looked closer and saw the prong of a grappling iron, covered in cloth to muffle sound.