grapnelyoudaoicibaDictYouDict[grapnel 词源字典]
grapnel: see grape
[grapnel etymology, grapnel origin, 英语词源]
grapnel (n.)youdaoicibaDictYouDict
"small hook," especially one fixed on a rope and thrown for seizing and holding, late 14c., grapenel, from an assumed Anglo-French diminutive of grapon, from Old French grapil, grapin "hook," diminutive of grape "hook" (see grape). Earlier form was grapel (compare grapple (n.)).