A small anchor with three or more flukes, used esp. for boats, and for securing a balloon on its descent. †to come to grapnel: to come to anchor.
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| 释义 | society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > anchoring equipment > [noun] > anchor > grapnel (5) grapnel1373 A small anchor with three or more flukes, used esp. for boats, and for securing a balloon on its descent. †to come to grapnel: to come to anchor. grapple1623 = grapnel, n. 2 to be at a grapple: to be at anchor. Obsolete. grappling1626 concrete. = grapnel, n. 2, grapple, n. 2. Subcategories:— for holding on to ice-floe (2) |
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