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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 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.
 Grappling iron, a hooked iron used for grappling and holding fast a vessel or other object.
 Grappling tongs, broad-mouthed tongs for gathering oysters.