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CALTHROP [2 records]

Record 1 2022-10-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Heraldry
  • Antique and Obsolete Weapons

French

Domaine(s)
  • Héraldique
  • Armes anciennes
DEF

Meuble héraldique représentant un instrument à quatre pointes acérées disposées selon les quatre sommets d'un tétraèdre régulier de façon à ce que l'une d'elles pointe constamment vers le haut.

OBS

En héraldique, «chausse-trappe» s'écrit plus souvent avec deux «p».

Spanish

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Record 2 2022-10-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Antique and Obsolete Weapons
DEF

A four-spiked iron ball or four joined spikes laid upon the ground as a device to lame cavalry horses, puncture tyres, etc.

CONT

Caltrops are constructed so that when strewn on the ground, one point is always straight up (supported on three "feet"). They were used to prevent the advance of cavalry, to protect a defense perimeter, and to make a ford impassable and were hurled onto the decks of enemy ships.

OBS

caltrop; tetrahedron: terms officially approved by the Engineering Terminology Working Group.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Armes anciennes
OBS

chausse-trappe; tétraèdre : termes uniformisés par le Groupe de travail de terminologie du génie.

Spanish

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