Lexicographical Neighbors of Calthrops
Literary usage of Calthrops
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. History of Scotland During the Reign of Robert I. Sir-named the Bruce by Robert Kerr (1811)
"It may be noticed, however, in justification of Buchanan, that the calthrops and
the sharp stakes are strongly indicated in the Latin poem of Barton the ..."
2. The World's Great Events: An Indexed History of the World from Earliest by Esther Singleton (1916)
"It is whispered that calthrops for tourists are occasionally manufactured by
modern local enterprise. He determined to fight on foot, the wooded country ..."
3. The Art of Attack: Being a Study in the Development of Weapons and by Henry Swainson Cowper (1906)
"Sometimes as in the Malay Peninsula and among the Mangos these calthrops are made
... These calthrops are closely akin to the Cheval de frise or pronged ..."
4. The World's Great Events ...: A History of the World from Ancient to Modern by Esther Singleton (1903)
"It is whispered that calthrops for tourists are occasionally manufactured by
modern local enterprise. He determined to fight on foot, the wooded country ..."
5. The London Medical Gazette (1844)
"Neither nucleated globules nor calthrops were discoverable m this specimen, bul
there were quantities of amorphous particles, and numerous oily globules ..."
6. The World's Great Events ...: An Indexed History of the World from B. C by Esther Singleton (1908)
"... rendered difficult by pitfalls, and even by calthrops to maim the horses. ...
is whispered that calthrops for tourists a.re occasionally manufactured by ..."
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