† grappern.
Obsolete.
A grappling-hook.
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1485 in M. Oppenheim Naval Accts. & Inventories Henry VII (1896) 50 Grapers of Iren.
1495 in M. Oppenheim Naval Accts. & Inventories Henry VII (1896) 193 Grappers of yron with cheynes to the same.
1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles I. l. 72 They had great hokes, and grapers of yron, to cast out of one shyppe into another.
1548–50 W. Thomas Ital. Gram. & Dict. Rampicone, a graper or claspe of yron.
a1661 J. Glanville Voy. Cadiz (1883) 61 We fastned grappers in her and soe towed her a head.
1676 H. More Remarks 2 Disc. 145 Without the help of vellicles, hooks, or grappers.
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