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n. (plural of caltrop English)
Usage examples of "caltrops".
On the bridge itself, his cavalry had pushed through the barricade of caltrops but had failed to crush the wall of lancers awaiting them on the other side.
Al put out the caltrops, spiked chains that would stop a vehicle by blowing the tires out.
The mules were terrified, bucking and cavorting as if there were caltrops under their saddles and venomous snakes under their feet.
The king in his mind feared covered pitfalls, sharp stakes hidden in the ground, iron caltrops forged so that one of the four spikes was up no matter how the object fellall the material traps that a wily general strews in front of a hostile army.
That was so the harbor smiths could do things like caltrops and stimuli.
Pretty soon, I'll have to do caltrops, or get Yarrl to do them for me.
You have the plow done in ten days, and I'll have the caltrops and the stock for you.
When the Norvans had broken through the caltrops, Layton's fifteen men had splintered like twigs.
Clive's team were out of their car and Al put out the caltrops, spiked chains that would stop a vehicle by blowing the tires out.