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Significados de grapnel en inglés

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A light anchor for small boats.

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A tool consisting of several hooks for grasping and holding; often thrown with a rope.

Uso de grapnel en inglés
1
Tony Weston hauled in the grapnel, and stowed it in the fore-sheets.
The Boat Club; or, The Bunkers of Rippleton
2
Haul away on the grapnel, he shouts; the captain has shot himself.
Within the Tides: Tales
3
At once he rose above the tower and let down the grapnel.
The Admirable Tinker / Child of the World
4
He spun about, collected himself, and fired a grapnel of his own.
Anathem
5
Then a jerk backwards told me my grapnel had engaged the netting.
Anathem
6
Drop the grapnel, now; in another minute, we shall be within holding distance.
The Young Franc Tireurs, and Their Adventures in the Franco-Prus...
7
Annja saw what she thought were grapnel lines arcing toward the fleeing vessel.
Provenance
8
Men were already running to the side, one carrying a grapnel and line.
In the King's name
9
I pulled on the rope, and found the grapnel had caught.
A Jolly Fellowship
10
Everybody was either trying to dodge the grapnel or catch the trail rope.
The War in the Air
11
I had a grapnel, and dropped it some fifty yards from the beach.
Life of John Coleridge Patteson : Missionary Bishop of the Melan...
12
The grapnel carried is fitted to a short length of rope.
British Airships, Past, Present, and Future
13
Just as this distribution was made, the pirates cast their grapnel.
Afloat and Ashore: A Sea Tale
14
We then hauled off to the grapnel, everyone being more or less hurt.
A Voyage to the South Sea / Undertaken by command of His Majesty...
15
A grapnel was thrown on the sands, and Mark leaped ashore.
The Crater; Or, Vulcan's Peak: A Tale of the Pacific
16
Suth stared where the chains swung, severed cleanly just back from the grapnel.
Stonewielder
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Grapnel a través del tiempo
Grapnel por variante geográfica
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