Harry threw his grappling irons around her and took her in tow.

In vain, however, they attempted to cast off the grappling irons.

Johnston and another man detailed for the purpose had already flung grappling irons across.

Their pointed front, armed with grappling irons, is the nail that penetrates the fibrous mass.

Then they had some queer-looking machines, a windlass, a force pump, grappling irons, and other tools.

There was but a yard between the two mighty ships as the first grappling irons were hurled.

Now fell the javelins again, and still the grappling irons held the ships, though the oars were manned.

As each English vessel ranged alongside it threw grappling irons into the enemy, who were thus held fast.

In less than an hour, they had caught up with it and had thrown grappling irons on board.

I could not realize it, even when the men brought grappling irons and began to search the black water.

It was as he had thought: the grappling irons of the pirate sloop had parted, and it had drifted away.

Scarcely were the crew thus partially prepared for an attack, than the stranger, running alongside, threw grappling irons aboard them.

But the English rowed for them, threw grappling irons into them, and gave them a turn that took them clear.

When this approaches the wall it will overtop it, and a drawbridge with grappling irons may be dropped upon the parapet.

The enemy could not approach near without these bridges descending with their grappling irons and holding them fast to the Romans.

The grappling irons were cast, and in an incredibly short space of time the two vessels were firmly attached to each other.