grappling iron

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The trap will seldom be drawn more than twenty yards from the spot, and with a grappling iron is soon recovered.

From Practical Taxidermy A manual of instruction to the amateur in collecting, preserving, and setting up natural history specimens of all kinds. To which is added a chapter upon the pictorial arrangement of museums. With additional instructions in modelling and artistic taxidermy. by Browne, Montagu

"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)

At our friend's request, his companion sprang into a boat, and let down the grappling iron, and, strange to say, brought up Mr. Thomas Hogg, of Ulceby, Lincolnshire.

From The Hero of the Humber or the History of the Late Mr. John Ellerthorpe by Woodcock, Henry

Throwing a grappling iron upon this ship, Cymon drew it close to his own.

From The World's Greatest Books — Volume 01 — Fiction by Hammerton, John Alexander, Sir

Little had I imagined how difficult it would be to move the grappling iron, so heavy was the great length of rope.

From The Treasure of the Tigris A Tale of Mesopotamia by Ferryman, A. F. Mockler