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CALTROPS [2 records]

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Record 1 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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Record 2 2022-02-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Seed Plants (Spermatophyta)
Universal entry(ies)
Centaurea calcitrapa
Latin
OBS

A plant of the family Compositae.

Key term(s)
  • big-headed purple star-thistle
  • starthistle
  • common starthistle
  • caltrop

French

Domaine(s)
  • Plantes à graines (Spermatophyta)
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
Centaurea calcitrapa
Latin
OBS

Plante de la famille des Compositae.

OBS

chausse-trape : nom commun aussi utilisé pour désigner l'espèce Ranunculus arvensis.

Key term(s)
  • centaurée chaussetrape
  • centaurée chaussetrappe
  • chaussetrappe
  • chaussetrape

Spanish

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