enow.com Web Search

Search results

  1. Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
  2. Grapple (tool) - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grapple_(tool)

    A grapple is a hook or claw used to catch or hold something. A ship's anchor is a type of grapple, especially the "grapnel" anchor.. A soldier loading a hook. A throwing grapple, kaginawa (or "grappling hook" ) is a multi-pronged hook that is tied to a rope and thrown/launched to catch a grip, as on a parapet or branch of a tree. [1]

  3. Grappling hook - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grappling_hook

    Ancient Japanese iron kaginawa climbing hook A chain grapnel – used to recover a cable from the seabed. A grappling hook or grapnel is a device that typically has multiple hooks (known as claws or flukes) attached to a rope or cable; it is thrown, dropped, sunk, projected, or fastened directly by hand to where at least one hook may catch and hold on to objects.

  4. Hook - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hook

    Lifting hook on a crane truck with a standard round hook and a gated opening A cabin hook used as a latch for a wooden gate Fish hooks are pointed and often barbed to help catch and tether a fish's mouth The main anchor of IJN battleship Hiei with the classic double-hook design Clothes hangers with a top hook to hang onto a crossbar or a clothesline A grappling hook with multiple hooks to ...

  5. Rock-climbing equipment - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rock-climbing_equipment

    Hooks are steel hooks of various shapes (e.g. bat hook, talon hook, grappling hook, etc.,) that are hung from cracks and flakes (e.g. the fifi hook and skyhook). They are mostly used in aid climbing but have been used in extreme traditional climbing routes as a last resort where the hook placement may not withstand a dynamic fall.

  6. Liero - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liero

    Different mods have different sets of unique weapons, and may also differ in player gravity and movement. The default mod is Liero 1.0, also called Classic, which is roughly equal to the basic setting in original Liero. On top of this, several player-created mods are included in the standard game packs, some of which are more popular than the ...

  7. 5 pivotal 2025 contests that could also be Trump litmus tests

    www.aol.com/news/5-pivotal-2025-contests-could...

    Here are the key races to watch next year: New Jersey governor. New Jersey has been seen as a heavily Democratic state, won by President Biden by 16 points in 2020.

  8. Kaginawa - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaginawa

    Antique Japanese iron kaginawa climbing hook. Kaginawa (鈎縄/鉤縄) is the combination of the words kagi meaning hook and nawa meaning rope. [1] The kaginawa is a type of grappling hook used as a tool in feudal Japan by the samurai class, their retainers, foot soldiers and reportedly by ninja. Kaginawa have several configurations, from one ...

  9. Here's why preeclampsia remains one of the most worrisome ...

    www.aol.com/heres-why-preeclampsia-remains-one...

    Few periods of life are more closely monitored and supervised than during one's pregnancy. Throughout this time, trained medical professionals conduct a series of prenatal visits with the mother ...