Grapnel Synonyms

grăpnəl
A tool consisting of several hooks for grasping and holding; often thrown with a rope
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. grapple
  2. grappler
  3. grappling-hook
  4. grappling-iron
A light anchor for small boats
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. grapnel anchor

Grapnel Sentence Examples

  • Using these buoys to guide the direction of tow, a grapnel, a species of fivepronged anchor, attached to a strong compound rope formed of strands of steel and manila, is lowered to the bottom and dragged at a slow speed, as it were ploughing a furrow in the sea bottom, in a line at right angles to the cable route, until the behaviour of the dynamometer shows that the cable is hooked.

  • The ship is then stopped, and the cable gradually hove up towards the surface; but in deep water, unless it has been caught near a loose end, the cable will break on the grapnel before it reaches the surface, as the catenary strain on the bight will be greater than it will stand.

  • Claude Hawkings ("Erin"), who led the way, made a grapnel fast and was shot down on the mole.

  • Bradford ("Orion") got to the top of a derrick with a grapnel, leapt on to the mole, secured it and fell back shot into the water.

  • One pair had dived and, as agreed, released the grapnel from the wreck so that it could be recovered.