Grapple

Definitions

1. A combination of grape and apple flavors.
   uncountable
2. A close hand-to-hand struggle.
   countable, uncountable
3. A tool with claws or hooks which is used to catch or hold something.
4. A device consisting of iron claws, attached to the end of a rope, used for grasping and holding an enemy ship prior to boarding; a grappling iron.
5. The act of grappling. (uncountable)
   countable, uncountable
6. A grapnel (“type of anchor”).

Equivalents

Examples

“Lady Cheron looks at the cupboards. Both apple butter and apple jelly, as well as "grapple" (grape-apple) jelly are sitting in little mason jars on the top shelf.”

“Bradley’s mother prefers grapple juice that is 25 percent grape and 75 percent apple.”

“This is a bit like⟳ pouring grape juice from one pitcher and apple juice from another pitcher into a common pitcher. You'd end⟳ up with neither grape juice or apple juice, but with some new mixture possibly called grapple juice.”

“The parrot plant⟳ shook its beak and leaves wildly, almost tipping itself and the little pot over, with drops of grapple juice spraying in all directions.”

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