grappling : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: grappling	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for grappling
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
grappling n the act of engaging in close hand-to-hand combat; "they had a fierce wrestle"; "we watched his grappling and wrestling with the bully" Synonym(s): wrestle, wrestling, grapple, grappling, hand-to-hand struggle the sport of hand-to-hand struggle between unarmed contestants who try to throw each other down Synonym(s): wrestling, rassling, grappling
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Grapple \Grap"ple\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Grappled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Grappling}.] [F. grappiller, OF. graypil the grapple of a ship, fr. graper to pluck, prop., to seize, clutch; of German origin. See {Grape}.] 1. To seize; to lay fast hold of; to attack at close quarters: as, to grapple an antagonist. 2. To fasten, as with a grapple; to fix; to join indissolubly. The gallies were grappled to the Centurion. --Hakluyt. Grapple them to thy soul with hoops of steel. --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Grappling \Grap"pling\, n. 1. A laying fast ho1d of; also, that by which anything is seized and held, a grapnel. 2. A grapple; a struggle. A match for yards in fight, in grappling for the bear. --Dryden. {Grappling iron}, a hooked iron used for grappling and holding fast a vessel or other object. {Grappling tongs}, broad-mouthed tongs for gathering oysters.