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What is a grapnel?

What is a grapnel? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (nautical) A small anchor, having more than two flukes, used for anchoring a small vessel.
  2. (nautical) A grappling iron.
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We thought we could get over this difficulty by wrapping the grapnel in cotton wool.
The skipper rigs a 45m line with a grapnel to place it as close to the bridge as possible.
This entails digging down around the mine so that a grapnel can be attached and the mine pulled out of the ground my men under cover.
This proved invaluable for accurately plotting the outline of the wreck and positioning our grapnel line exactly where we wanted it.
The collapsible grapnel is a hand-thrown grapnel hook that is used for climbing, removing mines and other objects, and pulling concertina and barbed wire obstacles.
Furthermore, the weight of the inertia parts unnecessarily increases the weight of the whole grapnel.

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