grappin

From Middle French grappin, from Old French grapin (“hook”) (compare Old French grappil (“a ship's grapple”)), from grape, grappe, crape (“hook”), of Germanic origin, from Old Low Frankish *krappō (“hook”), from Proto-Germanic *krappô, *krappą (“hook”), from Proto-Indo-European *grep- (“hook”), *gremb- (“crooked, uneven”), from Proto-Indo-European *ger- (“to turn, bend, twist”). More at grapple.

• IPA^(key): /ɡʁa.pɛ̃/

grappin m (plural grappins)

1. grappling hook (a type of hook)
2. grappling irons
3. grapple
4. (slang) mitt, hand

• jeter le grappin sur
• mettre le grappin sur

• agrapper

• “grappin” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).