Handbook of heraldry : with instructions for tracing pedigrees and deciphering ancient mss. : rules for the appointment of liveries, &c (1882)
Cussans, John Edwin, 1837-1899 · London : Chatto & Windus · leaf 119
n instrument used toretard the progress of an enemys cavalry, by laming thehorses. It was formed of four short but strong spikes, orGad^, conjoined in such a manner that, when thrown on the H 2 112 HANDBOOK OF HERALDRY ground, one would always be erect (fig. 227). Argent;three Caltraps sahle, is…
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