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Meanings of grapple irons in English

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Usage of grapple irons in English
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Harry threw his grappling irons around her and took her in tow.
Skookum Chuck Fables: Bits of History, Through the Microscope
2
In vain, however, they attempted to cast off the grappling irons.
The Rival Crusoes
3
Johnston and another man detailed for the purpose had already flung grappling irons across.
On Land and Sea at the Dardanelles
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Their pointed front, armed with grappling irons, is the nail that penetrates the fibrous mass.
The Life of the Fly; With Which are Interspersed Some Chapters o...
5
Then they had some queer-looking machines, a windlass, a force pump, grappling irons, and other tools.
The Bobbsey Twins in the Country
6
There was but a yard between the two mighty ships as the first grappling irons were hurled.
The Gods of Mars
7
Now fell the javelins again, and still the grappling irons held the ships, though the oars were manned.
King Olaf's Kinsman / A Story of the Last Saxon Struggle against...
8
As each English vessel ranged alongside it threw grappling irons into the enemy, who were thus held fast.
Flag and Fleet: How the British Navy Won the Freedom of the Seas
9
In less than an hour, they had caught up with it and had thrown grappling irons on board.
The Arabian Nights: Tales of 1,001 Nights. Vol. 1
10
I could not realize it, even when the men brought grappling irons and began to search the black water.
The Romance of Elaine / Sequel to "Exploits of Elaine"
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It was as he had thought: the grappling irons of the pirate sloop had parted, and it had drifted away.
Howard Pyle's Book of Pirates / Fiction, Fact & Fancy Concerning...
12
Scarcely were the crew thus partially prepared for an attack, than the stranger, running alongside, threw grappling irons aboard them.
The Rival Crusoes
13
But the English rowed for them, threw grappling irons into them, and gave them a turn that took them clear.
Elizabethan Sea-Dogs: A Chronicle of Drake and His Companions
14
When this approaches the wall it will overtop it, and a drawbridge with grappling irons may be dropped upon the parapet.
Life in the Roman World of Nero and St. Paul
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The enemy could not approach near without these bridges descending with their grappling irons and holding them fast to the Romans.
Ancient Rome : from the earliest times down to 476 A. D.
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The grappling irons were cast, and in an incredibly short space of time the two vessels were firmly attached to each other.
A Victorious Union