Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for GRAP'PLE
GRAP'NEL, or GRAP'LINGGRAP'PLE
GRAP'PLE, n.
- A seizing; close hug in contest; the wrestler's hold. Milton.
- Close fight. Shak.
- A hook or iron instrument by which one ship fastens on another. Dryden.
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