grappling hook

English

A grappling hook.

Pronunciation

• enPR: grăpʹ(ə-)lĭng ho͝ok', IPA^(key): /ˈɡɹæp(ə)lɪŋ ˌhʊk/
• Hyphenation: grap‧pling hook

Noun

grappling hook (plural grappling hooks)

1. A type of hook attached to a line and designed to be thrown at a target (e.g. rigging of an enemy ship) for the purpose of catching hold of it.

Synonyms

• grappling
• grappling iron

Translations

a type of hook

• Afrikaans: enter haak
• Finnish: heittokoukku, entraushaka
• French: grappin (fr) m
• German: Enterhaken m
• Hungarian: csáklya (hu)
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• Italian: rampino (it) m
• Latin: harpago m
• Portuguese: arpéu (pt) m
• Spanish: arpeo m