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View synonyms for grappling iron
grappling iron
noun
- a grapnel.
grappling iron
noun
- a grapnel, esp one used for securing ships
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Word History and Origins
Origin of grappling iron1
First recorded in 1530–40
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Example Sentences
Darwin began to put down a grappling iron on the outer side of the reef and to drag up coral.
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The ketch was slowly drifting down until a grappling-iron could almost be thrown aboard.
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Beaudry brought to the meeting-place a quarter-inch rope and a grappling-iron with three hooks.
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Litton could not speak; but he threw a look that was like a grappling-iron and Teed came back.
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Jimmy, the fair-haired pirate, hauled in on the alders and flung a grappling iron aboard my bank, which presently he ascended.
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