grappling iron
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of grappling iron
First recorded in 1530–40
Example Sentences
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Before we began to descend at full speed the grappling iron had been pitched over, and, fortunately, got a firm hold in a ridge of the ploughed land.
From Faces and Places by Sir Henry W. (Henry William) Lucy
He concluded he had been dreaming, but when about to leave the window he saw one of his fellow workmen running with the grappling iron.
From The Hero of the Humber or the History of the Late Mr. John Ellerthorpe by Henry Woodcock
Darwin began to put down a grappling iron on the outer side of the reef and to drag up coral.
From The Meaning of Evolution by Samuel Christian Schmucker
Yet we decided, chiefly by my entreaty, to try the grappling iron, and it was ultimately arranged that each man should be allowed three attempts, after the hooks had been lowered down.
From The Treasure of the Tigris A Tale of Mesopotamia by A. F. Mockler Ferryman
"Weel, lad, what luck?" enquired Spink, as Swankie and he met—the former with a grappling iron on his shoulder, the latter staggering under the weight of a mass of metal.
From The Lighthouse by R. M. (Robert Michael) Ballantyne
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