grapnel

Etymology
From, from , from ,. Compare modern 🇨🇬.

Noun

 * 1)  A small anchor, having more than two flukes, used for anchoring a small vessel.
 * 2) * 1790,, A Narrative of the Mutiny on Board his Majesty’s Ship Bounty, London: George Nicol, Entry for 1 June, 1789,
 * At dawn of day we got on shore, and tracked the boat into shelter; for the wind blowing fresh without, and the ground being rocky, I was afraid to trust her at a grapnel, lest she might be blown to sea: I was, therefore, obliged to let her ground in the course of the ebb.
 * 1) A device with a multiple hook at one end and attached to a rope, which is thrown or hooked over a firm mooring to secure an object attached to the other end of the rope.
 * 2)  A grappling iron.
 * 1) A device with a multiple hook at one end and attached to a rope, which is thrown or hooked over a firm mooring to secure an object attached to the other end of the rope.
 * 2)  A grappling iron.

Translations

 * Finnish: naara-ankkuri
 * Galician:
 * Greek:
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Nynorsk: dregg
 * Polish: ,
 * Swedish:


 * Finnish: heittokoukku, entraushaka
 * Maori: tārau

Verb

 * 1)  To connect (ships) with a grapnel.