'Grappling' definitions:
Definition of 'grappling'
(from WordNet)
noun
The act of engaging in close hand-to-hand combat; "they had a fierce wrestle"; "we watched his grappling and wrestling with the bully" [syn: wrestle, wrestling, grapple, grappling, hand-to-hand struggle]
noun
Definition of 'Grappling'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To fasten, as with a grapple; to fix; to join indissolubly. [1913 Webster]
- The gallies were grappled to the Centurion. --Hakluyt. [1913 Webster]
- Grapple them to thy soul with hoops of steel. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Grappling'
From: GCIDE
- Grappling \Grap"pling\, n.
- 1. A laying fast ho1d of; also, that by which anything is seized and held, a grapnel. [1913 Webster]
- 2. A grapple; a struggle. A match for yards in fight, in grappling for the bear. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
- Grappling iron, a hooked iron used for grappling and holding fast a vessel or other object.
- Grappling tongs, broad-mouthed tongs for gathering oysters. [1913 Webster]