Grāpe, n.

noun

n. [Fr. grappe, O. & Prov. Fr. crape, It. grappo, grappolo, D. grappe, krappe, allied to It. grappa, Pr. & Sp. grapa, a cramp-iron, crotchet, a grapling, from O. H. Ger. krapfo, hook. Cf. W. grab, cluster, grape, crap, grapple.]

Sense 1. The fruit of the vine; but commonly a single berry of the vine.

Sense 2. (Man.) A mangy tumor on the legs of a horse.

Sense 3. (Mil.) Grape-shot.

Grape of a cannon, the cascabel or knob at the butt.

An illustration of a grapevine with a bunch of grapes, leaves, and curling tendrils. — Grapes, Leaves, and Tendrils.