"grappling iron" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈɡɹæp(ə)lɪŋ ˌaɪɚn/ [General-American] Forms: grappling irons [plural]
enPR: grăpʹ(ə-)lĭng ī'ərn [General-American] Head templates: {{en-noun}} grappling iron (plural grappling irons)
  1. (nautical) A metal hook, attached to the end of a line, used to hold two ships together. Synonyms: grappling, grappling hook Translations (metal hook used to hold two ships together): entraushaka (Finnish), arpeo [masculine] (Galician), stafnljár [masculine] (Icelandic), raffio [masculine] (Italian), harpagō [masculine] (Latin), قارموق (karmuk) (Ottoman Turkish), änterhake [common-gender] (Swedish)

Inflected forms

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