Англо-русский словарь - caltrop
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caltrop
noun
1) mil. проволочные ежи
2) usu. pl.; bot. василек колючеголовый
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1.
n. (also caltrap) 1 hist. a four-spiked iron ball thrown on the ground to impede cavalry horses. 2 Heraldry a representation of this. 3 any creeping plant of the genus Tribulus, with woody carpels usu. having hard spines. Etymology: (sense 3) OE calcatrippe f. med.L calcatrippa: (senses 1-2) ME f. OF chauchetrape f. chauchier tread, trappe trap: ult. the same word ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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also calthrop noun Etymology: Middle English caltrappe, alteration of calketrappe star thistle, from Old English calcatrippe, from Medieval Latin calcatrippa Date: 15th century 1. a. plural but singular or plural in construction star thistle 1 b. puncture vine; also any of various related herbs (genera Tribulus and Kallstroemia) of the same family (Zygophyllaceae, the ~ family) 2. a device with four metal points so arranged that when any three are on the ground the fourth projects upward as a hazard to the hooves of horses or to pneumatic tires ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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