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Definition of Caltrap
1. caltrop [n -S] - See also: caltrop
Lexicographical Neighbors of Caltrap
Literary usage of Caltrap
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. English Heraldry: With Four Hundred and Fifty Illus. Drawn and Engraved on by Charles Boutell (1907)
"caltrap. Cadency. Figures and devices, introduced into armorial compositions,
... caltrap. An implement used in war to maim horses : No. 221. ..."
2. The British Herald Or, Cabinet of Armorial Bearings of the Nobility & Gentry ...by Thomas Robson by Thomas Robson (1830)
"Off. London, C. 24] or, on a cross az. five cheval- traps of the field.—Crest,
as the last. Garter. The same arms.—Crest, a caltrap, per pale, gu. and or. ..."
3. The Church Heraldry of Norfolk: A Description of All Coats of Arms on by Edmund Farrer (1889)
"Quarterly:—1 and 4, On a pile a caltrap (Kerrich, Sable, on a pile argent a ...
Crest: A caltrap. For " The Rev. Thomas Kerrich, Principal Librarian in the ..."
4. Collections for a History of Staffordshire by William Salt Archaeological Society, Staffordshire Record Society (1885)
"... resting the dexter paw on a caltrap argent ; and underneath is this
certificate : "The pedigree, armes, and crest of John Pershouse of Reynolds Hall, ..."
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