Bible Dictionaries
Rappling

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Grapple

(2):

(n.) A grapple; a struggle. A match for yards in fight, in grappling for the bear.

(3):

(n.) A laying fast ho1d of; also, that by which anything is seized and held, a grapnel.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Rappling'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​r/rappling.html. 1828.