grapnels

I will append one qualification to these observations pertaining to grapnels which is to acknowledge the giant, chain grapnel, and its relative, the grapnel derrick.

Renegades Of Gor Norman, John 1986

But the next time, so slow is the movement of so large a ship, the mutineers hauled all their lines safely inboard ere they towed aft within striking distance of my grapnels.

CHAPTER XLVII 2010

They learned how to keep their feet on rolling decks, how to climb ratlines in a gale, how to furl and unfurl sail, how to hurl grapnels and board ships and fire blunderbusses.

GuildWars Edge of Destiny J. Robert King 2011

They learned how to keep their feet on rolling decks, how to climb ratlines in a gale, how to furl and unfurl sail, how to hurl grapnels and board ships and fire blunderbusses.

GuildWars Edge of Destiny J. Robert King 2011

They learned how to keep their feet on rolling decks, how to climb ratlines in a gale, how to furl and unfurl sail, how to hurl grapnels and board ships and fire blunderbusses.

GuildWars Edge of Destiny J. Robert King 2011

They learned how to keep their feet on rolling decks, how to climb ratlines in a gale, how to furl and unfurl sail, how to hurl grapnels and board ships and fire blunderbusses.

GuildWars Edge of Destiny J. Robert King 2011

What specially interested them was evidently our work at digging holes in the snow for the grapnels.

The South Pole~ On the Barrier 2009

Or cling desperately to ice-sheathed rock overhangs while their manly owner grapnels for pitons with his carabiniers, or whatever.

In Memoriam. LuLu 2008

But they had also previous notice, and had been told of the iron grapnels; and they took precautions against this as against all the other devices of the Athenians.

The History of the Peloponnesian War Thucydides 2007

They covered the prows of their vessels with hides, extending a good way along the upper part of their sides, so that the grapnels might slip and find no hold.

The History of the Peloponnesian War Thucydides 2007