Noah Webster
Grapling
GRAP'LING, noun
1. A small anchor fitted with four or five flukes or claws, used to hold boats or small vessels.
2. A grappling iron, used to seize and hold one ship to another in engagements. This is called a fire grapling
GRAP'LING, noun
1. A small anchor fitted with four or five flukes or claws, used to hold boats or small vessels.
2. A grappling iron, used to seize and hold one ship to another in engagements. This is called a fire grapling