grappling iron
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of grappling iron
First recorded in 1530–40
Example Sentences
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The cable car must close its grappling iron and grip the cable before progress can be made.
From The Jericho Road by Adkins, W. Bion
At that instant I suddenly arose and threw the grappling iron.
From Tales of the Fish Patrol by Varian, George
The lower end of each line dragged the bottom by means of a small grappling iron, and at the surface it was secured to the buoy–rope of a cork float.
From Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea by Walter, F. P.
"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 Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael)
Then he took his naked sword in one hand and his grappling iron in the other, and repairing to the Khalif's pavilion, cast his grapnel on to the roof.
From The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night, Volume III by Payne, John
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