All 4 Uses of
grapple
in
Gone with the Wind
- If this fool who was grappling for her hand would only keep quiet for a moment, perhaps she could hear what they were saying.†
Chpt 1.6 *
- She pushed the thought firmly back into her mind and grappled with the more pressing emergency.†
Chpt 3.21
- "Run, Miss Scarlett!" yelled Sam, grappling with the negro; and Scarlett, shaking and screaming, clutched up the reins and whip and laid them both over the horse.†
Chpt 4.44
- She drew a deep breath and met his eyes squarely, all coquetry and airs gone as her spirit rushed out to grapple that which she feared most.†
Chpt 4.34
Definitions:
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(1)
(grapple) to struggle, wrestle, or hold and pull
or:
a tool with claws or hooks which is used to catch or hold something -- often thrown with a rope attached and then pulled -
(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
More rarely, grapple or grappling hook can be used as a noun to reference a tool (consisting of several hooks for grasping and holding) that is often thrown with a rope.