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Definition of Grapplings
1. grappling [n] - See also: grappling
Lexicographical Neighbors of Grapplings
Literary usage of Grapplings
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Encyclopædia Britannica: Or, A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and by Colin MacFarquhar, George Gleig (1797)
"The fire-grapplings, (B.) are either fixed on the yard-arms, or thrown by hand,
having a chain to confine the (hips together, ..."
2. The American Decisions: Containing All the Cases of General Value and by John Proffatt, Abraham Clark Freeman (1886)
"This would convey to him the right, in common with the owner of the other half,
to use the privilege with the advantage of fastening his nets by grapplings ..."
3. Our Naval War with France by Gardner Weld Allen (1909)
"Night came on, and he hauled his wind and lay at the distance of two miles until
ten the next morning; he then came down with his grapplings at the yard arm ..."
4. Sketch of the Civil Engineering of North America by David Stevenson (1859)
"A powerful crab is placed over this aperture, from which strong chains and
grapplings are suspended in the space between the two vessels. ..."
5. The History of Thucydides by Thucydides (1829)
"... well discern that the Athenians meant to come to a battle; they had also
received previous information of their intention to throw out iron grapplings. ..."
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