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2. Grapple (tool) - Wikipedia

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   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

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   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

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   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. Young humpback whale ‘hog-tied’ to 300-pound crab pot is ...

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   A young humpback whale entangled in heavy ropes and buoys and anchored by a 300-pound ... crab pot that was attached to 450 feet of heavy-duty line. ... to the inside of grappling hooks - on the ...

6. Kaginawa - Wikipedia

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   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 ...

7. Hook (hand tool) - Wikipedia

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   A hook is a hand tool used for securing and moving loads. It consists of a round wooden handle with a strong metal hook about 20 cm (8 inches) long projecting at a right angle from the center of the handle. The appliance is held in a closed fist with the hook projecting between two fingers.