Usually means: Hook used for catching, holding.
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We found 22 dictionaries that define the word grappling iron:

General (16 matching dictionaries)
  1. grappling iron: Merriam-Webster
  2. grappling iron: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. grappling iron: Collins English Dictionary
  4. grappling iron: Vocabulary.com
  5. grappling-iron, grappling iron: Wordnik
  6. grappling iron: Wiktionary
  7. grappling iron: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  8. grappling iron: Infoplease Dictionary
  9. Grappling iron, grappling iron: Dictionary.com
  10. grappling iron: Rhymezone
  11. grappling iron: FreeDictionary.org
  12. grappling iron: Mnemonic Dictionary
  13. grappling iron: TheFreeDictionary.com
  14. grappling iron: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. grappling iron: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. grappling iron: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. grappling iron: Medical dictionary

Science (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Archaeology Wordsmith (No longer online)

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. grappling iron: Green’s Dictionary of Slang

Tech (1 matching dictionary)
  1. SeaTalk Dictionary of English Nautical Language (No longer online)

(Note: See grappling_irons as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (grappling iron)

noun:  (nautical) A metal hook, attached to the end of a line, used to hold two ships together.

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