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Grappling hook   /grˈæplɪŋ hʊk/   Listen
Grappling hook

noun
1.
A tool consisting of several hooks for grasping and holding; often thrown with a rope.  Synonyms: grapnel, grapple, grappler, grappling iron.






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"Grappling hook" Quotes from Famous Books



... a repulsed attack on the enemy's trench, he had lain with a broken leg, unconscious, near our own wire entanglements. At dawn they threw out the iron grappling hook for him, with which they pull over into the trench the corpses of friend and foe so as to be able to bury them unceremoniously before the sun of Goerz has a chance to do its work. With this hook, dipped in hundreds of corpses, a dunce—"God damn him!"—had torn his cheek open before a more ...
— Men in War • Andreas Latzko



Words linked to "Grappling hook" :   tool, crampon, hook, grappler, claw, crampoon



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