The bowman of the boat cast a light grapnel with so much precision that it hooked in the mizzen rigging, and the line instantly tightened so as to tow the cutter.
The grapnel fell into the sea, and the boat was lossing in the wake of the ship, all as it might be while one could draw a breath.
The boat was run ashore, the grapnel placed on the sand, and as they leaped on to the level surface one by one they reeled and caught at the air to save themselves from falling, for the sand seemed to heave like the sea.
After hard rowing, we came to a grapnel near daylight, off a small fort and town, which the pilot told me was Coupang.
It was merely a question of whether or not Billy was strong enough to throw the grapnelso far.
But when he had once joined the little fleet of boats, he cheerfully threw his grapnel into Bobby Lot's punt and beckoned Bobby aboard.
If they could draw near enough, he said, they could cast the grapnel on the squid's back, and moor it to a tree ashore.
Another hour passed in trying to hook into the object with the little three-fluked grapnel which I used as an anchor.
Then I cast out again; and very soon my grapnel hooked into what I expected--a canvas sack, weighted with a round shot.
The grapnel is then hauled up sufficiently to pull the broken rope tight, and wrought-iron rods 1 inch square with hooks attached at the bottom are let down to catch the bow of the boring-head, which is readily accomplished.
The grapnel is made with three claws A A centred in a cylindrical block B, which slides vertically within the casing C, the tail ends of the claws fitting into inclined slots D in the casing.
Another grapnel that is also used where a bore-hole passes through a bed of very stiff clay is shown in Fig.
The action of this grapnel is nearly similar to that of the claw grapnel, Fig.
On the 5th of August the boats from Lieutenant Smith's station at Branscombe went out to the spot where the Georges had been captured and the mark-buoy with a grapnel at the end of it had been thrown.
Below this pyramid of tubs were attached two grapnel anchors, and the whole contrivance could float in anything above seven feet of water.
The buoy is kept stationary by a line, called the 'pow end,' reaching to the bottom of the water, where it is held by a stone or grapnel fastened to the lower end.
The grapnel consisted of two five-armed anchors, of several hundredweight, one of which was shackled and secured to wire rope, of which there were five miles on board, and committed to the deep.
At the end of a minute a dull splashing reverberated from the bottom of the well; the helical twist he had imparted to the rope had reached the grapnel below.
Its smart impact upon the distant water reached their ears like a kiss, whereupon Yeobright knelt down, and leaning over the well began dragging the grapnel round and round as Fairway had done.
Humphrey took Yeobright's place, and the grapnel was lowered again.
Heedless of direction, he wrenched with his fingers to unship the grapnel chain.
The curved irons of the grapneltore away the coping--slid, screaming.
The grapnel bounded and clanged along the tiling, missing the tripod by three feet.
The laird told Norman to jump into the boat, and lifting the grapnelwhich held her to the bank, he stepped in after him, then taking the oars he pulled away up the loch.
To throw his grapnel to the shore and to spring overboard was the work of an instant, directly he saw the two young boys floating down towards him.
Then was his arrogance so humbled in him, That he let fall his grapnel at his feet, And to the others said: "Now strike him not.
Now let us try the powers of the line and grapnel we obtained after so much time and trouble.
The outer walls were comparatively low, little more than twenty feet or so in height, and the throw of the grapnel was not a very difficult one.
Nay, but a rope and grapnel in patient hands should win an entrance.
Then it was pulled up very slowly, for we could not afford to have it break a second time, when suddenly it slipped the grapneland was again lost at the sea-bottom.
For hours we unsuccessfully lowered the massive grapnel iron, where our charts indicated the cable should be, but without success until late in the afternoon, when the strain on the dynamometer indicated another "bight.
Let Hurry lift the grapneland move away with the Ark, and leave us here, near the graves of father and mother, to say what we may have to say.
Deerslayer waited a little to make certain that he had at last gained the desired position, when he gave the signal agreed on, and Chingachgook let go the grapnel and lowered the sail.
Having satisfied my curiosity and seen that thegrapnel to the watch-buoy held all right, I drew in some new air, rose to the surface, and made for Mirror Bay, not over four miles distant.
Some improvements have recently been made by Mr. Alexander Glegg and the inventor in the well-known Jamieson grapnel used for raising submerged submarine cables.
He had knotted the rope about every foot, to assist the prisoner in climbing, and had covered the iron of the grapnel with strips of flannel so that it would make no noise when it struck the wall.
Grumble whistled in return, and then, hauling up the grapnel, he told me to put out the oars and pull, while he took his grapnel on board.
At last it was quite dark, and then Grumble pulled up his grapnel and dropped down nearer to the cutwater of the vessel.
When they got up to it, the grapnel was raised and brought into the stern of the boat, and the coast-guard boat laid her course close-hauled for Leigh, towing the other behind her.
She is in deep water now, Jack, and the grapnel ain't holding her a bit; she will drift as fast as you can swim.
They were now running up the Ray in pursuit of the boat, which had drifted into shallower water near the end of the island, and here the grapnel had brought it up.
Accordingly I ordered all the small arms in my boat to be hove overboard, and at eight cut the grapnel rope, and ran into Brest Harbour under the foresail.
We made, if possible, worse weather here than at our former anchorage, with the exception that the grapnel held.
At eleven we determined to anchor at the bottom of Bertheaume Bay, though with very little or no hope of riding long, our only ground tackling being a small grapnel and a very few fathoms of one inch and a half rope.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "grapnel" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word. Other words: anchor; buffer; button; equipment; fastener; girth; instrument; lacing; lathe; tool
