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CALTROP (from the Mid. Eng. calketrappe, probably derived from the Lat. calx, a heel, and trappa, Late Lat. for a snare)

This article appears in Volume V05, Page 69 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: CAL-CAR
CALTROP (from the Mid. Eng. calketrappe, probably derived from the Lat. calx, a heel, and trappa, Late Lat. for a snare) , an
iron
 
ball
 , used as an obstacle against cavalry, with four spikes so arranged, that however placed in or on the ground, one spike always points upwards. It is also the botanical name for several
species
  of thistles.
CALUIRE-ET-CUIRE, a
town
  of eastern
France
 , in the department of Rhone, 21 M. N. by E. of Lyons by
rail
 . Pop. (1906) 9255. It has manufactures of coarse earthenware and hard-
ware
 , copper and
bronze
  foundries and nursery-gardens.


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