An obstacle, barrier, or bulwark.
A barrier constructed across a road, especially as a military defence
A place of confrontation.
to close or block a road etc., using a barricade
to keep someone in (or out), using a blockade, especially ships in a port
A grapnel (“type of anchor”).
A close hand-to-hand struggle.
A combination of grape and apple flavors.
The act of grappling. (uncountable)
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.
To hook and raise with a grapple.
To ponder and intensely evaluate a problem; to struggle to deal with.
To climb (whether by means of a grapple and rope, or by hand, etc).
To fasten, as with a grapple; (by extension) to fix; to join indissolubly.
To wrestle or tussle.
To seize something and hold it firmly.
To use a grapple (for example to attempt to find, hook, and raise a net or cable).