• (n.) The fiery cross, used as a rallying signal in the Highlands of Scotland.
Cran·ta'ra noun [ Gael. cranntara .] The fiery cross, used as a rallying signal in the Highlands of Scotland. 
The crantara (named from the Gaelic crean-tarigh or cross of shame, implying infamy for disobedience), was the cross which formed the rallying symbol in the Highlands of Scotland on any sudden emergency.