grappling iron
Example Sentences
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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 John Payne
A grappling iron was fastened for an anchor on to the end of the rope, a fresh chain of men was formed, and it was cast into the impenetrably shrouded abyss.
From The Vulture Maiden [Die Geier-Wally.] by Wilhelmine von Hillern
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
"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
In the mean time, he lashed the anchor to the bows of the vessel in such a way that the fluke should pierce the side of the boat, and serve as a grappling iron.
From King Philip Makers of History by John S. C. (John Stevens Cabot) Abbott
