grappling hook in English

noun
1
a device with iron claws, attached to a rope and used for dragging or grasping.
Facing forward again, Jeremy quickly grabbed a grappling hook attached to a rope that was tied to his pack.
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1. 8 Winch - This retracts the grappling hook.

2. They can even use this grappling hook like a sling shot and fling themselves forward.

3. Claw of Archimedes - The Claw of Archimedes was a large crane with a grappling hook on the end of it.

4. Also known as "the ship shaker", the claw consisted of a crane-like arm from which a large metal grappling hook was suspended.

5. 8 GRAPPLING HOOK disguised as a wrought-iron candelabra, used as grappling hooks in an escape attempt after bending open the legs and attaching a rope.

6. If they're going to build an industry around it, they need to know that their connection isn't tenuous but permanent, because if a cable breaks, you have to send a ship out into the water, throw a grappling hook over the side, pick it up, find the other end, and then fuse the two ends back together and then dump it over.