Definition of "calthrop" []

• See caltrop. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "The calthrop is a handy tool if you have to run for it, particularly if the guys after you are going to be on horseback."
• "In a word, he knew alike how to triumph either in flight or in pursuit, and remained upright even before those enemies who appeared to have struck him down; resembling the military implement termed the calthrop, which remains always upright in whatever direction it is thrown on the ground.”"
• "In a word, he knew alike how to triumph either in flight or in pursuit, and remained upright even before those enemies who appeared to have struck him down; resembling the military implement termed the calthrop, which remains always upright in whatever direction it is thrown on the ground. ""