Cultural Artefact
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Grappling |
| A Grappling was a small anchor with four or five arms designed to gain a sure hold on the seabed. It was commonly used to anchor a boat or other small vessel. An illustration of a Grappling appears in plate IV, fig. 5 of William Falconer's Dictionary of the Marine. |
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Published by South Seas, 1 February 2004 Comments, questions, corrections and additions: Paul.Turnbull@jcu.edu.au Prepared by: Paul Turnbull Updated: 28 June 2004 To cite this page use: http://nla.gov.au/nla.cs-ss-biogs-P000091 |