caltrop
Pronunciation Noun
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Pronunciation Noun
caltrop (plural caltrops)
(weaponry) A small, metal object with spikes arranged so that, when thrown onto the ground, one always faces up as a threat to pedestrians, horses, and vehicles. - 1858, The journal of the British Archaeological Association
- […] her father, the emperor Alexius, who reigned AD 1081-1118, ordered caltrops to be cast in front of his archers […]
- 1954, Joseph Needham, Ling Wang, Science and civilisation in China
- By Sung times, several different types of caltrops had been developed. As in earlier times, both caltrops could be made from both wood and iron...
- 1858, The journal of the British Archaeological Association
- (heraldry) The same object represented as a heraldic charge.
- (colloquial) The starthistle, Centaurea calcitrapa, a plant with sharp thorns.
- Any of a number of flowering plants in the family Zygophyllaceae, including several members of the genus Kallstroemia and the species Tribulus terrestris, native to warm temperate and tropical regions.
- (weaponry) caltrap, galtrop, cheval trap, galthrap, galtrap, calthrop, crow’s foot
- (starthistle) knapweed
- (Tribulus terrestris) puncturevine, cat's head, yellow vine, goathead, burra, gokharu, bindii.
- French: chausse-trape, pied de corbeau
- German: Krähenfuß, Fußangel
- Italian: tribolo, piede di corvo
- Portuguese: abrolho, estrepe, miguelito (modern)
- Russian: чесно́к
- Spanish: abrojo
- French: centaurée chausse-trape, chardon étoilé
- Portuguese: abrolho
- Russian: василёк колючеголо́вый
- Spanish: encojaperros, garbanzo del cura
- French: tribule terrestre
- Italian: tribulo comune
- Portuguese: abrolho
- Russian: я́корец сте́лющийся
- Spanish: abrojo terrestre, cadillo, cuerno de chivo, tribulo, cruz maltesa
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