grappling hook

grappling hook is a grapple or physical tool.

Also recorded as grapnel.

Overview

Device with multiple hooks attached to one end of a rope, generally used to temporarily secure one end of a rope, or to dredge for submerged objects.

In detail

Its recorded use is naval boarding and climbing.

Sources

Each source is named with the standing the house places on it, so the evidence can be weighed rather than taken on trust.

  • reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikipedia

    “Grappling hook”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading

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  • reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikidata

    Wikidata, structured authority record Q1287607: grappling hook

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