Editing Grappling hook (section)

{{Short description|Device with multiple hooks attached to a rope}}
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[[Image:Kaginawa.JPG|thumb|Ancient Japanese iron ''[[kaginawa]]'' climbing hook]]
[[File:Chain grapnel.JPG|thumb|A chain grapnel – used to recover a cable from the seabed]]
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A '''grappling hook''' or '''grapnel''' is a device that typically has multiple [[hook]]s (known as ''claws'' or ''flukes'') attached to a [[rope]] or [[wire rope|cable]]; it is thrown, dropped, sunk, projected, or fastened directly by hand to where at least one hook may catch and hold on to objects. Generally, grappling hooks are used to temporarily secure one end of a rope. They may also be used to dredge for submerged objects.

The device was invented by the [[Roman Republic|Romans]] in approximately 260 BC.<ref>{{cite web |title=The Roman Navy and the Grappling Hook |url=https://patentpending.blogs.com/patent_pending_blog/2006/01/the_roman_navy_.html |website=Patent Pending |access-date=14 September 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Naval Warfare |url=https://www.britannica.com/topic/naval-warfare/Tactics-in-the-modern-era#ref511292 |website=Britannica |access-date=14 September 2019}}</ref> The grappling hook was originally used in naval warfare to catch ship [[rigging]] so that it could be [[Naval boarding|boarded]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Boarding Hooks |url=http://www.thepirateking.com/historical/grappling_hook.htm |website=The Pirate King |access-date=14 September 2019}}</ref>