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grap⋅nel

  [grap-nl]
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–noun
1. a device consisting essentially of one or more hooks or clamps, for grasping or holding something; grapple; grappling iron.
2. a small anchor with three or more flukes, used for grappling or dragging or for anchoring a small boat, as a skiff.
Also called grapeline, grap⋅lin, grap⋅line  [grap-lin] .

Origin:
1325–75; ME grapnel(l), dim. of OF grapin, dim. of grape hook, grape
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grapnel 
1373, Anglo-Fr. dim. of O.Fr. grapil "hook," from grape "hook" (see grape).
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