To seize; to lay fast hold on, either with the hands or with hooks. We say, a man grapples his antagonist, or a ship grapples another ship.

To fasten; to fix, as the mind or heart.

To seize; to contend in close fight, as wrestlers. To grapple with, to contend with, to struggle with successfully.

A seizing; close hug in contest; the wrestler’s hold.

Close fight.

A hook or iron instrument by which one ship fastens on another.