grappling iron

Example Sentences

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"Weel, lad, what luck?" enquired Spink, as Swankie and he met—the former with a grappling iron on his shoulder, the latter staggering under the weight of a mass of metal.

From The Lighthouse by Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael)

Yet we decided, chiefly by my entreaty, to try the grappling iron, and it was ultimately arranged that each man should be allowed three attempts, after the hooks had been lowered down.

From The Treasure of the Tigris A Tale of Mesopotamia by Ferryman, A. F. Mockler

The cable car must close its grappling iron and grip the cable before progress can be made.

From The Jericho Road by Adkins, W. Bion

"There's some sort of grappling iron, or cable with a hook on it, being lowered from the surface, and it's near the wreck," was the answer.

From Tom Swift and His Undersea Search, or, the Treasure on the Floor of the Atlantic by Appleton, Victor [pseud.]

Before we began to descend at full speed the grappling iron had been pitched over, and, fortunately, got a firm hold in a ridge of the ploughed land.

From Faces and Places by Lucy, Henry W. (Henry William), Sir