or -hooks, subs. (old).—1. Handcuffs. For synonyms, see DARBIES.
1811. GROSE and CLARKE, Lexicon Balatronicum, s.v.
1830. BUCKSTONE, The Wreck Ashore, i. 4. I hope the bailiffs have not laid their GRAPPLING IRONS on young Miles.
2. (nautical).—The fingers. For synonyms, see FORK. Also GRAPPLERS and GRAPPLING-HOOKS.
