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grappling hooks

grappling hooks is the plural of grappling hook.

Meaning of grappling hook

Noun

grappling hook (plural grappling hooks)

  1. A type of hook attached to a line and designed to be thrown at a target (e.g. rigging of an enemy ship) for the purpose of catching hold of it.
    • The jibs were extended partially, and the grappling-hooks attached to steel cables, which had been positioned under the engine a week previously.1946 March and April, C. R. L. Coles, “Re-Railing the Locomotive at Bourne End”, in Railway Magazine, page 96

Questions about grappling hooks

What is grappling hooks the plural of?
Grappling hooks is the plural of grappling hook.

Words near grappling hooks in the dictionary

  1. grapples with
  2. grapplesome
  3. grappleth
  4. grappling
  5. grappling hook
  6. grappling hooks
  7. grappling iron
  8. grappling irons
  9. grappling tongs
  10. grappling with
  11. grapplings

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