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Definition of Grappling iron
1. Noun. A tool consisting of several hooks for grasping and holding; often thrown with a rope.
Specialized synonyms: Crampon, Crampoon
Terms within: Claw, Hook
Generic synonyms: Tool
Definition of Grappling iron
1. Noun. (nautical) A metal hook, attached to the end of a line, used to hold two ships together. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Grappling Iron
Literary usage of Grappling iron
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1889)
"A mechanical device consisting essentially of one or more hooks or clamps, used
for grasping or holding something; a grap- ple; a grappling-iron. ..."
2. Bridge Engineering by John Alexander Low Waddell (1916)
"Grab Iron.—Same as "Grab," qv grappling iron.—See "grappling iron." Gray Iron.—A
pig iron in which the carbon takes the ..."
3. An Etymological Dictionary of the English Language by Walter William Skeat (1893)
"... I suppose the base harp- to be no other than that which appears in Lat.
harpago, a hook, grappling-iron, ..."
4. Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review by William B. Dana (1866)
"... or two bights and an end. and this end will be prevented from slipping by the
formation of the grappling iron in which the cable will be jammed, ..."
5. An History of Marine Architecture: Including an Enlarged and Progressive by John Charnock (1801)
"... served not only for a- grappling iron, as* the term itself demonstrates, but
as a species of catapulta, according to the ancient contrivance, ..."
6. Iron: An Illustrated Weekly Journal for Iron and Steel Manufacturers edited by Sholto Percy, Perry Fairfax Nursey (1830)
"The pulley being raised about 2 feet above the window sill, the grappling iron
which hangs by the chain, is thrown over, and immediately attaches securely ..."
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