GRAPPLE is validvalid

to struggle or contend [v GRAPPLED, GRAPPLES, GRAPPLING] : GRAPPLER [n]

41,112 of 196,601 in NWL2023·also valid in CSW24

to struggle or contend [v GRAPPLED, GRAPPLING, GRAPPLES] / an instrument for grasping or clutching something, also CRAPLE, GRAPLE [n -S]