Grapple

·vt A grappling iron.

II. Grapple ·vt A seizing or seizure; close hug in contest; the wrestler's hold.

III. Grapple ·vt To fasten, as with a grapple; to Fix; to join indissolubly.

IV. Grapple ·vt An instrument, usually with hinged claws, for seizing and holding fast to an object; a grab.

V. Grapple ·vt To Seize; to lay fast hold of; to attack at close quarters: as, to grapple an Antagonist.

VI. Grapple ·vi To use a grapple; to contend in close fight; to attach one's self as if by a grapple, as in wrestling; to Close; to seize one another.