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Definition of the day : « grapnel »
- As in claw : noun nail of animal; tool shaped like nail of an animal
- As in anchor : noun something used to hold another thing securely
- As in grip : noun clasp, embrace
- As in hook : noun curved fastener
- In silence he helped the Capataz to get the grapnel on board.
- Extract from : « Nostromo: A Tale of the Seaboard » by Joseph Conrad
- They slept fairly and, at daybreak, got up the grapnel and hoisted the sail again.
- Extract from : « Under Wellington's Command » by G. A. Henty
- To my great delight, over came the grapnel, nearly falling on our heads.
- Extract from : « A Jolly Fellowship » by Frank R. Stockton
- We thought we could get over this difficulty by wrapping the grapnel in cotton wool.
- Extract from : « A Jolly Fellowship » by Frank R. Stockton
- Rectus carried the rope, and I had the grapnel, wrapped in its cotton wool.
- Extract from : « A Jolly Fellowship » by Frank R. Stockton
- A grapnel was hove on to the rocks, and there she lay as snug as any on board could desire.
- Extract from : « The Three Midshipmen » by W.H.G. Kingston
- Tony Weston hauled in the grapnel, and stowed it in the fore-sheets.
- Extract from : « The Boat Club » by Oliver Optic
- Just as this distribution was made, the pirates cast their grapnel.
- Extract from : « Great Pirate Stories » by Various
- That which is bent to the grapnel by which a boat rides, now substituted by chain.
- Extract from : « The Sailor's Word-Book » by William Henry Smyth
- “Grapnel,” was the reply; and Vince began to rub the small of his back softly.
- Extract from : « Cormorant Crag » by George Manville Fenn