grapnel
Small multi-fluked anchor
A grapnel is a small anchor with multiple curved hooks or claws, used for gripping surfaces or dragging along the bottom to retrieve objects.
Sailors use grapnels to anchor small boats; in earlier warfare, a grapnel attached to a rope could hook an enemy vessel for boarding.
A grappling hook is essentially the same device.
Chance stroke of luck
- shankLower leg segment
- crownSovereign's ornamental headpiece
- stockGoods kept for sale
- kedgeSmall auxiliary anchor
mooring · seabed · rode · chain · windlass · capstan · hawsepipe · cast
Curved catching device
- prongPointed projecting part
- tinePointed fork projection
- barbBackward-pointing spike
- clawCurved animal nail
iron · forged · folding · portable · lightweight · compact · shaft
Maritime thief or bootlegger
- siegeEncirclement forcing surrender
- scalingClimbing or resizing
- throwPropel by arm motion
- ropeThick twisted fibers
assault · naval · rampart · warfare · corsair · privateer · raider · swashbuckler
Recovering damaged goods
- dredgeUnderwater excavation apparatus
- dragResistance through fluid
- snagUnforeseen complication
- haulPull or carry laboriously
recovery · hoist · extract · trawl · snagging · bottom · debris · wreckage
Controlled rope descent
- abseilControlled rope descent
- crevasseDeep glacial fissure
- rescueSave from harm
- mountaineeringSport of climbing peaks
ice · alpine · traverse · fixed-line · technical · expedition · glacier · belay
fluke
Chance stroke of luck
kedge · mooring · seabed · rode · chain · windlass · capstan · hawsepipe · cast · drift
hook
Curved catching device
claw · iron · forged · folding · portable · lightweight · compact · shaft
pirate
Maritime thief or bootlegger
rope · assault · naval · rampart · warfare · corsair · privateer · raider · swashbuckler · cutlass
salvage
Recovering damaged goods
haul · recovery · hoist · extract · trawl · snagging · bottom · debris · wreckage · sunken
rappel
Controlled rope descent
mountaineering · ice · alpine · traverse · fixed-line · technical · expedition · glacier · belay · carabiner
- grappling termswrestle, grip, hold, grasp, clutch
- anchorsboat anchor, sea anchor, ground anchor, earth anchor, anchor chain
- Boating Gearanchor chain, bilge pump, boat hook, bow light, bow line
- mooring gearanchor, bollard, mooring line, mooring buoy, fender
- deminingmine detector, deminer, mine sweeper, minefield, landmine
- submarine cablesundersea cables, transatlantic cables, undersea cable, transatlantic cable, telegraph cable
grapnelpropeller
Rotating blades creating thrust
oar · paddle · release mechanism · quick-release · sail