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Meanings of grapnel in English
Catalan
ruixó A tool consisting of several hooks for grasping and holding; often thrown with a rope.
Usage of grapnel in English
1
Tony Weston hauled in the grapnel, and stowed it in the fore-sheets.
2
Haul away on the grapnel, he shouts; the captain has shot himself.
3
At once he rose above the tower and let down the grapnel.
4
He spun about, collected himself, and fired a grapnel of his own.
5
Then a jerk backwards told me my grapnel had engaged the netting.
6
Drop the grapnel, now; in another minute, we shall be within holding distance.
7
Annja saw what she thought were grapnel lines arcing toward the fleeing vessel.
8
Men were already running to the side, one carrying a grapnel and line.
9
I pulled on the rope, and found the grapnel had caught.
10
Everybody was either trying to dodge the grapnel or catch the trail rope.
11
I had a grapnel, and dropped it some fifty yards from the beach.
12
The grapnel carried is fitted to a short length of rope.
13
Just as this distribution was made, the pirates cast their grapnel.
14
We then hauled off to the grapnel, everyone being more or less hurt.
15
A grapnel was thrown on the sands, and Mark leaped ashore.
16
Suth stared where the chains swung, severed cleanly just back from the grapnel.
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