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Definition of Caltraps
1. caltrap [n] - See also: caltrap
Lexicographical Neighbors of Caltraps
Literary usage of Caltraps
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Glossary of Terms Used in Heraldry by Henry Gough, James Parker (1894)
"... one of which is ever uppermost. Argent, three cheval-traps sable—TBAP, Glouo.
Azure, a cross between four caltraps ... a lion rampant or caltraps ..."
2. An Alphabetical Dictionary of Coats of Arms Belonging to Families in Great by John Woody Papworth (1874)
"Coronet Erminois on a pile embattled az. a mural crown betw. two caltraps in pale
or. WALKER; Sir George Walker, Bushey Hall, со. ..."
3. The British Herald Or, Cabinet of Armorial Bearings of the Nobility & Gentry ...by Thomas Robson by Thomas Robson (1830)
"Crest, a stag, per pale, gu. and sa. attired and hoofed or. GARTER, [Norf.]
or, on a cross, quarterly pierced, az. four caltraps of the field. ..."
4. Handbook of Heraldry: With Instructions for Tracing Pedigrees and by John Edwin Cussans (1893)
"Argent; three caltraps sable, is home by the family of TRAPPS. Cal- traps also
occur in Ihe Arms of Sir EDWARD WALKER, of BUSHEY, Bart : Erminois; ..."
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