What is "calthrop"

Usage examples of "calthrop".

Cleggett, the three detectives, Jefferson the genial coachman, and Washington Artillery Lamb, the janitor and butler of the house boat Annabel Lee, a negro as large and black as Jefferson himself, took a two-hour trick with the spades and then lay down and slept while Abernethy, Kuroki, Elmer, Calthrop, George the Greek, and Farnsworth dug for an equal length of time.

The Dane Calthrops had a guest staying with them, an amiable elderly lady who was knitting something with white fleecy wool.

From within them flew countless calthrops, made of nails welded together so no matter which way they landed, a spike always faced up.

In yet other places he had long metal rails running in parallel, and along them were drawn carts carrying arrows or spears or stones or canisters of calthrops to the ballistae.

A hail of calthrops arced through the sky, jingling and jangling like a pouch full of coins.

Stones arced through the sky, clouds of calthrops flew, and streams of fire poured out.

Yet others hurled rocks and rained calthrops and fire and arrows down upon the Horde.

Ay, and when he thinks of the plenty of bible swords which he left behind him, destined to prove, and which have already proved, pretty calthrops in the heels of Popery.

Claw Hard, Calthrop, and Noonday Sun have RSF emergency coordinates and comm settings.

Yes, the voice from the borough hall told him, a Mr Charles Harold Calthrop was indeed the tenant of the flat at that address, and was listed on the electoral roll as a voter of that borough.

Moreover, enquiries at his place of work had revealed that this particular Charles Calthrop had never left the accounts department of the soup factory where he worked during January 1961, and he had been on the staff for ten years.

I am not certain whether you would wish me to tell the French yet about the enquiries into the rumour about this man Calthrop in Dominican Republic two years ago.