grap|nel

grap|nel
grap|nel «GRAP nuhl», noun.
1. an instrument with one or more hooks for seizing and holding something; grapple; grappling iron. Grapnels thrown by ropes were once used for catching onto an enemy's ship.
2. a small anchor with three or more hooks.
3. any one of various other implements for grasping or clutching.
[Middle English grapenel (diminutive) < Old French grapin and grapil hook. < Old Provençal < grape hook < unrecorded Frankish krappo (compare Old High German chrapfo)]

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