noun a small anchor, with four or five flukes or claws, used to hold boats or small vessels; hence, any instrument designed to grapple or hold; a grappling iron; a grab;
written also grapline, and crapnel.
noun a small anchor, with four or five flukes or claws, used to hold boats or small vessels; hence, any instrument designed to grapple or hold; a grappling iron; a grab;
written also grapline, and crapnel.
Webster English vocab. Английский словарь Webster. 2012