grappling hook

device with multiple hooks attached to one end of a rope, generally used to temporarily secure one end of a rope, or to dredge for submerged objects
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grappling hook

Summary

grappling hook is a ship element[1]. It draws 209 Wikipedia views per month (ship_element category, ranking #22 of 117).[2]

Key Facts

  • grappling hook's image is recorded as Grappling hook 2 (PSF).png[3].
  • grappling hook's instance of is recorded as ship element[4].
  • grappling hook's instance of is recorded as nautical term[5].
  • grappling hook's subclass of is recorded as grapple[6].
  • grappling hook's subclass of is recorded as physical tool[7].
  • grappling hook's subclass of is recorded as throwing weapon[8].
  • grappling hook's has use is recorded as naval boarding[9].
  • grappling hook's has use is recorded as climbing[10].
  • grappling hook's Commons category is recorded as Grappling hooks[11].
  • grappling hook's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/04l_0w[12].
  • grappling hook's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/grappling-hook[13].
  • grappling hook's Google Knowledge Graph ID is recorded as /g/121bcth1[14].
  • grappling hook's Nomenclature for Museum Cataloging is recorded as 5291[15].
  • grappling hook's WordNet 3.1 Synset ID is recorded as 03459155-n[16].
  • grappling hook's Portable Antiquities Scheme object type ID is recorded as GRAPPLING+IRON[17].
  • grappling hook's Portable Antiquities Scheme object type ID is recorded as Grapnel[18].
  • grappling hook's Portable Antiquities Scheme object type ID is recorded as Grappling+Hook[19].
  • grappling hook's FISH Archaeological Objects Thesaurus ID is recorded as 100152[20].
  • grappling hook's museum-digital tag ID is recorded as 103092[21].

Body

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include ship element[4] and nautical term[5].

Why It Matters

grappling hook draws 209 Wikipedia views per month (ship_element category, ranking #22 of 117).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 14 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[22] It is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.[23]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . GF WordNet. wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [22] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [23] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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