Definition of "grappling hook" []

• A type of hook attached to a line and designed to be thrown at a target (e.g. rigging of an enemy ship) for the purpose of catching hold of it. (noun)

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• "And as we laid out on the next tack to wind-ward, I bent a piece of line to a small grappling hook I had seen lying in the bail-hole."
• "Big Ears whipped out his M16, loaded a grappling hook into its underslung grenade launcher, aimed, and fired."
• "I took a grappling hook and Bult's umbrella and went down to get the tssi mitsse out of the water."