grappling iron

Example Sentences

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Skyrme stood in the bow, holding his grappling iron ready.

From The Corsair King by Safford, Mary J.

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

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 Abbott, John S. C. (John Stevens Cabot)

He introduces his first finger in his mouth as if it were a grappling iron and extracts the black tobacco.

From David Lockwin—The People's Idol by McGovern, John

"There's some sort of grappling iron, or cable with a hook on it, being lowered from the surface, and it's near the wreck," was the answer.

From Tom Swift and His Undersea Search, or, the Treasure on the Floor of the Atlantic by Appleton, Victor [pseud.]