| 单词 | grappling iron |
| 例句 | The grappling irons were thrown; the two hulls came together; the American boarders poured over her bulwarks, pike and cutlass in hand, ready for a fight. The Noank's Log A Privateer of the Revolution 2012-01-09T03:00:21.297Z A grappling iron was fastened for an anchor on to the end of the rope, a fresh chain of men was formed, and it was cast into the impenetrably shrouded abyss. The Vulture Maiden [Die Geier-Wally.] 2011-07-25T02:00:17.960Z Yet we decided, chiefly by my entreaty, to try the grappling iron, and it was ultimately arranged that each man should be allowed three attempts, after the hooks had been lowered down. The Treasure of the Tigris A Tale of Mesopotamia 2011-03-22T02:00:16.873Z When the Carthaginian came up to ram or shear the oars of the Roman, huge grappling irons seized him and the Roman soldiers swarmed aboard him. A Short History of the World 2011-03-04T03:01:03.147Z If George Lytham were multiplied by a hundred thousand and they all landed on my island with grappling irons, I’d laugh them back to sea. The Rustle of Silk 2011-01-27T03:00:44.390Z Water glasses, first aid equipment, grappling irons, and extra boat equipment, such as oars, rowlocks, and boat hooks, should be kept on hand ready for instant use. Campward Ho! A Manual for Girl Scout Camps His body, of gigantic proportions, was fixed upon legs which seemed immovable columns; his hands, like great grappling irons, seized his antagonists, raised them, and then hurled them to the ground, almost without effort. Travels in Tartary, Thibet, and China During the years 1844-5-6. Volume 1 [of 2] Little had I imagined how difficult it would be to move the grappling iron, so heavy was the great length of rope. The Treasure of the Tigris A Tale of Mesopotamia 2011-03-22T02:00:16.873Z In the mean time, he lashed the anchor to the bows of the vessel in such a way that the fluke should pierce the side of the boat, and serve as a grappling iron. King Philip Makers of History Darwin began to put down a grappling iron on the outer side of the reef and to drag up coral. The Meaning of Evolution Before the ships could be separated, grappling irons were thrown, and in a second the three were locked in a close embrace. Sir Henry Morgan, Buccaneer A Romance of the Spanish Main At that instant I suddenly arose and threw the grappling iron. Tales of the Fish Patrol At this sight we gave a great shout and fired our small-arms again; but our enemies very quickly cut away their grappling irons, and did their best to make off. The Red True Story Book They constructed machines containing grappling irons, which they mounted on the prows of their vessels. Hannibal Makers of History In America, under such circumstances, the relatives of the missing man would send for grappling irons and an undertaker. Where the Strange Trails Go Down Sulu, Borneo, Celebes, Bali, Java, Sumatra, Straits Settlements, Malay States, Siam, Cambodia, Annam, Cochin-China But his warning almost came too late, for two Spanish galleons ranged alongside and swung grappling irons into his rigging in order to close with the moving vessel. Famous Privateersmen and Adventurers of the Sea Their rovings, cruises, escapades, and fierce battling upon the ocean for patriotism and for treasure But no power on earth could have induced them to attack the corsairs, who were already fastening their grappling irons to the ship. The Corsair King The French galley was seized with grappling irons and hooked on to the English broadside. The Huguenots in France The trap will seldom be drawn more than twenty yards from the spot, and with a grappling iron is soon recovered. Practical Taxidermy A manual of instruction to the amateur in collecting, preserving, and setting up natural history specimens of all kinds. To which is added a chapter upon the pictorial arrangement of museums. With additional instructions in modelling and artistic taxidermy. One wild cheer, one more terrible broadside as her guns almost touched those of the enemy, then grappling irons were thrown, and the vessels literally lashed together. As We Sweep Through The Deep But Jean Bart meant to have a quick fight, so he bore down to starboard, wore ship, and ran so close to the enemy, that his grappling irons soon held her fast. Famous Privateersmen and Adventurers of the Sea Their rovings, cruises, escapades, and fierce battling upon the ocean for patriotism and for treasure Before we began to descend at full speed the grappling iron had been pitched over, and, fortunately, got a firm hold in a ridge of the ploughed land. Faces and Places Jimmy, the fair-haired pirate, hauled in on the alders and flung a grappling iron aboard my bank, which presently he ascended. The Lady and the Pirate Being the Plain Tale of a Diligent Pirate and a Fair Captive The pirate crews now burst forth into the most terrific and unearthly shouts, and, urging on their junks, dashed up to the brig, and simultaneously threw their grappling irons on board her. The Three Midshipmen They rushed in where they could shear away the oar blades of an enemy without getting caught by the great grappling irons swung out from his decks. A History of Sea Power The boat was following what was supposed to be the course of the cable, and the men were constantly seeking to secure it with their grappling irons. A Prisoner of Morro In the Hands of the Enemy Scarcely were the crew thus partially prepared for an attack, than the stranger, running alongside, threw grappling irons aboard them. The Rival Crusoes “Weel, lad, what luck?” enquired Spink, as Swankie and he met—the former with a grappling iron on his shoulder, the latter staggering under the weight of a mass of metal. The Lighthouse This continued until, the brig’s fore-topmast having been shot away, she broached-to and ran foul of the brigantine, to which she promptly made herself fast by means of her grappling irons. A Middy in Command A Tale of the Slave Squadron Stand by there to larboard to heave your grappling irons. The Cruise of the Nonsuch Buccaneer Ludar and I, as we stood and watched, could see the troops paraded on deck, and grappling irons and chains laid in readiness. Sir Ludar A Story of the Days of the Great Queen Bess The Frenchmen were in the mean time attempting to cast off the grappling irons, but in the darkness and confusion they were unable to succeed. The Rival Crusoes It seems to have been composed of double twenty-inch beams, forming a sort of platform or stage fifty feet long by twenty broad, from which190 depended chains with grappling irons to rake up hostile torpedoes. Three Months in the Southern States, April-June 1863 They were busy with the grappling irons, but as he was under the vessel, the probability is he would never have been got out of the water alive. The Hero of the Humber or the History of the Late Mr. John Ellerthorpe As each English vessel ranged alongside it threw grappling irons into the enemy, who were thus held fast. Flag and Fleet How the British Navy Won the Freedom of the Seas He taught the smiths in the city how to make grappling irons, which were shot forth from the ramparts and seized the prows of the ships. The Red Book of Heroes In vain, however, they attempted to cast off the grappling irons. The Rival Crusoes The men forward and in the waist were all ready with the grappling irons to fasten to her, and the boarders were all prepared to leap upon her deck, though no fighting was expected. A Victorious Union He concluded he had been dreaming, but when about to leave the window he saw one of his fellow workmen running with the grappling iron. The Hero of the Humber or the History of the Late Mr. John Ellerthorpe The tops were manned with musketeers, the grappling irons all prepared to fling into the Ark's rigging. English Seamen in the Sixteenth Century Lectures Delivered at Oxford Easter Terms 1893-4 The Carthaginians even went so far as to take away Roman ships by seizing them with grappling irons. Dio's Rome, Volume 1 (of 6) An Historical Narrative Originally Composed in Greek during the Reigns of Septimius Severus, Geta and Caracalla, Macrinus, Elagabalus and Alexander Severus: and Now Presented in English Form Harry threw his grappling irons around her and took her in tow. Skookum Chuck Fables Bits of History, Through the Microscope "Lay her aboard!" shouted Christy as soon as the headway of the ship had been checked, and the grappling irons had been made fast. A Victorious Union At our friend's request, his companion sprang into a boat, and let down the grappling iron, and, strange to say, brought up Mr. Thomas Hogg, of Ulceby, Lincolnshire. The Hero of the Humber or the History of the Late Mr. John Ellerthorpe With shouts and yells from the pirates on board of her, one of the schooners now ranged alongside, and the grappling irons were hove athwart our bulwarks. Adventures in Southern Seas A Tale of the Sixteenth Century Instantly the rowers stayed, and the ships drifted away from the bridge more swiftly than they had come, while the Danish grappling irons ripped and tore along the roofs uselessly. King Olaf's Kinsman A Story of the Last Saxon Struggle against the Danes in the Days of Ironside and Cnut "Fling off the grappling irons," I shouted, and in a trice we disengaged them and cast them back whence they came. Humphrey Bold A Story of the Times of Benbow The grappling irons were cast, and in an incredibly short space of time the two vessels were firmly attached to each other. A Victorious Union The English sailors, laughing and joking the while, swarmed round the fiery monster in their boats, singing out to one another, and at favourable moments flinging their grappling irons and sheering off again. French and English A Story of the Struggle in America "Weel, lad, what luck?" enquired Spink, as Swankie and he met—the former with a grappling iron on his shoulder, the latter staggering under the weight of a mass of metal. The Lighthouse They howled at us as we drew near, and as the bows of the leading ships almost touched the piles, they hove grappling irons into them from above, holding them fast. King Olaf's Kinsman A Story of the Last Saxon Struggle against the Danes in the Days of Ironside and Cnut He introduces his first finger in his mouth as if it were a grappling iron and extracts the black tobacco. David Lockwin—The People's Idol The cable car must close its grappling iron and grip the cable before progress can be made. The Jericho Road See, see! they are getting their grappling irons into the boats. French and English A Story of the Struggle in America He also threw grappling irons, and the two lines of ships were firmly bound together. The Forty-Five Guardsmen Now fell the javelins again, and still the grappling irons held the ships, though the oars were manned. King Olaf's Kinsman A Story of the Last Saxon Struggle against the Danes in the Days of Ironside and Cnut When this approaches the wall it will overtop it, and a drawbridge with grappling irons may be dropped upon the parapet. Life in the Roman World of Nero and St. Paul We search for an hour or more with grappling irons, but he is never seen again. The New North But the English rowed for them, threw grappling irons into them, and gave them a turn that took them clear. Elizabethan Sea Dogs Suddenly, as the bearers of the hatchets received the order to board and cut the chains, a crowd of grappling irons, thrown by invisible hands, seized hold of the French vessels. The Forty-Five Guardsmen Johnston and another man detailed for the purpose had already flung grappling irons across. On Land and Sea at the Dardanelles You can see them playing alleged polo at Malta, riding each other off at right angles and employing their sticks as grappling irons. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 156, Jan. 8, 1919 At that instant I suddenly arose and threw the grappling iron. Tales of the Fish Patrol Then they had some queer-looking machines, a windlass, a force pump, grappling irons, and other tools. The Bobbsey Twins in the Country They appear to have fought principally from the forecastles; and to have used grappling irons for dragging a vessel out of the line, or within boarding distance.—L. Heimskringla, or the Chronicle of the Kings of Norway Then to close wi' 'em till our gun muzzles are nigh touching and whiles we pound 'em below, 'tis grappling irons and boarders away! Martin Conisby's Vengeance This ship, which had not yet been secured by the Norsemen's grappling irons, he now withdrew to the farther shores of the bay. Olaf the Glorious A Story of the Viking Age Then he took his naked sword in one hand and his grappling iron in the other, and repairing to the Khalif's pavilion, cast his grapnel on to the roof. The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night, Volume III Her powerful will had thrown out its grappling irons about his escaping ego and dragged it back and held it in its exhausted tenement. The Sisters-In-Law A grappling iron swung from beneath almost struck him in the face. The Gentleman A Romance of the Sea Throwing a grappling iron upon this ship, Cymon drew it close to his own. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 01 — Fiction The enemy could not approach near without these bridges descending with their grappling irons and holding them fast to the Romans. Ancient Rome : from the earliest times down to 476 A. D. And, as a result of this fiction, the river-police dragged the river-bed around Wakeman's Slip with grappling irons for four hours, while Rags sat on the wharf and directed their movements. Gallegher and Other Stories Crossbowmen lined the rail, grappling irons were thrown out, and the captain, with Nicholas and some soldiers, went and unearthed Mustafa among bales of striped cotton. Masters of the Guild I could not realize it, even when the men brought grappling irons and began to search the black water. The Romance of Elaine Sequel to "Exploits of Elaine" A great number of men were in her, rolling up various ropes and grappling irons, while a personage dressed as one of the city officers appeared at their head. The King's Highway Recently, grappling irons have been devised for use from dirigibles, which are expected to drag out the periscope as the dirigible flies above it. A History of the Nations and Empires Involved and a Study of the Events Culminating in the Great Conflict The passage was encumbered with rope ladders, knotted cords, torches, flasks, grappling irons, alpenstocks, pickaxes, iron shod sticks, enough to load ten men. A Journey to the Interior of the Earth Their pointed front, armed with grappling irons, is the nail that penetrates the fibrous mass. The Life of the fly; with which are interspersed some chapters of autobiography Others ran to the grappling irons, and the rest began to shoot with their bows. The Wanderer's Necklace The lower end of each line dragged the bottom by means of a small grappling iron, and at the surface it was secured to the buoy–rope of a cork float. Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea There's nothing to be done without ropes or some sort of fishing tackle, if with that; but I think I can get you some of the sort of grappling irons the fishermen use for dragging. The Trees of Pride "There's some sort of grappling iron, or cable with a hook on it, being lowered from the surface, and it's near the wreck," was the answer. Tom Swift and His Undersea Search, or, the Treasure on the Floor of the Atlantic One look was enough to tell them it was from this craft that the grappling iron had been let down, and as the submarine drifted nearer the form of Hardley was seen on deck. Tom Swift and His Undersea Search, or, the Treasure on the Floor of the Atlantic |
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