English-Thai Dictionary
grapnel
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Webster's 1828 Dictionary
GRAPNEL, GRAPLING
n. 1. A small anchor fitted with four or five flukes or claws, used to hold boats or small vessels.
2. A grappling iron, used to seize and hold one ship to another in engagements. This is called a fire grapling.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
GRAPNEL
Grap "nel, n. Etym: [OE. grapenel, dim. fr. F. grappin the grapple of a ship; of German origin. See Grape. ] (Naut. )
Defn: 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.
New American Oxford Dictionary
grapnel
grap nel |ˈgrapnəl ˈɡræpnəl | ▶noun a grappling hook. • a small anchor with several flukes. ORIGIN late Middle English: from an Anglo-Norman French diminutive of Old French grapon, of Germanic origin.
Oxford Dictionary
grapnel
grapnel |ˈgrapn (ə )l | ▶noun 1 a grappling hook. 2 a small anchor with several flukes. ORIGIN late Middle English: from an Anglo-Norman French diminutive of Old French grapon, of Germanic origin.
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