[…] her father, the emperor Alexius, who reigned AD 1081-1118, ordered caltrops to be cast in front of his archers […]
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Caltrop
//ˈkæltɹəp//
Synonyms for "caltrop" (24 found)
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Closest matches (5)
Strong matches (7)
Related words (12)
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5 entriesTranslations
92 translations across 39 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- τρίβολος noun (weaponry)
Arabic
2 entries- حَسَك noun (weaponry)
- حَسَك noun (Tribulus terrestris)
Armenian
1 entries- տատաշ noun (Tribulus terrestris)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- dəmirtikan noun (Tribulus terrestris)
Belarusian
3 entries- драцяны вожык noun (weaponry)
- кальчатка noun (weaponry)
- чычак noun (weaponry)
Bulgarian
2 entries- бабини зъби noun (Tribulus terrestris)
- бодлива метличина noun (starthistle)
Catalan
4 entries- cagatripa noun (starthistle)
- card vermell noun (starthistle)
- obriülls noun (weaponry)
- obriülls noun (starthistle)
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 紫星薊 /紫星蓟 noun (starthistle)
- 蒺藜 noun (weaponry)
- 蒺藜 noun (Tribulus terrestris)
Dutch
3 entries- kalketrip noun (starthistle)
- kraaienpoot noun (weaponry)
- voetangel noun (weaponry)
Finnish
4 entries- jalkapiikki noun (weaponry)
- kavioansa noun (weaponry)
- okarennokki noun (Tribulus terrestris)
- piikkikaunokki noun (starthistle)
French
4 entries- centaurée chausse-trape noun (starthistle)
- chardon étoilé noun (starthistle)
- chausse-trape noun (weaponry)
- pied de corbeau noun (weaponry)
Galician
2 entries- abrollo noun (weaponry)
- abrollo noun (Tribulus terrestris)
Georgian
2 entries- კუროსთავი noun (Tribulus terrestris)
- ტატაში noun (Tribulus terrestris)
German
2 entries- Fußangel noun (weaponry)
- Krähenfuß noun (weaponry)
Hungarian
4 entries- királydinnye noun (Tribulus terrestris)
- lábtövis noun (weaponry)
- vassulyom noun (weaponry)
- úti imola noun (starthistle)
Irish
1 entries- grán catha noun (weaponry)
Italian
3 entries- piede di corvo noun (weaponry)
- tribolo noun (weaponry)
- tribulo comune noun (Tribulus terrestris)
Japanese
2 entries- ハマビシ noun (Tribulus terrestris)
- 鉄菱 noun (weaponry)
Kabardian
1 entries- жьэныпэуц noun (Tribulus terrestris)
Korean
1 entries- 마름쇠 noun (weaponry)
Latin
3 entries- mūrex noun (weaponry)
- tribulus noun (weaponry)
- tribulus noun (Tribulus terrestris)
Macedonian
1 entries- ба́бин за́б noun (Tribulus terrestris)
Middle English
2 entries- calketrappe noun (weaponry)
- calketrappe noun (starthistle)
Navajo
1 entries- shash nátʼoh noun (Tribulus terrestris)
Northern Kurdish
1 entries- xencere noun (Tribulus terrestris)
Old Armenian
1 entries- տատասկ noun (Tribulus terrestris)
Ottoman Turkish
2 entries- طوكوز آیاغی noun (weaponry)
- طوكوز آیاغی noun (Tribulus terrestris)
Persian
1 entries- خارخاسک noun (Tribulus terrestris)
Polish
3 entries- buzdyganek naziemny noun (Tribulus terrestris)
- chaber kolący noun (starthistle)
- kolczatka noun (weaponry)
Portuguese
4 entries- abrolho noun (weaponry)
- abrolho noun (starthistle)
- abrolho noun (Tribulus terrestris)
- estrepe noun (weaponry)
Romanian
1 entries- colții-babei noun (Tribulus terrestris)
Russian
4 entries- василёк колючеголо́вый noun (starthistle)
- про́волочный ёж noun (weaponry)
- чесно́к noun (weaponry)
- я́корец назе́мный noun (Tribulus terrestris)
Serbo-Croatian
1 entries- vranina nòga noun (weaponry)
Spanish
4 entries- abrojo noun (weaponry)
- abrojo terrestre noun (Tribulus terrestris)
- cadillo noun (Tribulus terrestris)
- cruz maltesa noun (Tribulus terrestris)
Swedish
1 entries- fotangel noun (weaponry)
Tamil
3 entries- கிட்டிரம் noun (Tribulus terrestris)
- நெருஞ்சி noun (Tribulus terrestris)
- நெருஞ்சில் noun (Tribulus terrestris)
Thai
1 entries- ขวาก noun (weaponry)
Turkish
3 entries- demir dikeni noun (weaponry)
- demir dikeni noun (Tribulus terrestris)
- çobançökerten noun (Tribulus terrestris)
Vietnamese
1 entries- chông sắt noun (weaponry)
Sample sentences
3 total sentences available.
By Sung times, several different types of caltrops had been developed. As in earlier times, both caltrops could be made from both wood and iron...
Source: wiktionary
Caltrops, tetrahedrons, and similar devices are designed to puncture vehicle tires or limit foot traffic. The standard design has four points.
Source: wiktionary
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