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Lances

/ˈlɑːnsɪz/

A weapon of war, consisting of a long shaft or handle and a steel blade or head; a spear carried by horsemen.

📖 Definitions of "Lances"

noun

1
A weapon of war, consisting of a long shaft or handle and a steel blade or head; a spear carried by horsemen.
2
A wooden spear, sometimes hollow, used in jousting or tilting, designed to shatter on impact with the opposing knight’s armour.
3
A spear or harpoon used by whalers and fishermen.
4
A soldier armed with a lance; a lancer.

verb

1
To pierce with a lance, or with any similar weapon.
"Seized the due victim, and with fury lanced Her back. Dryden."
2
To open with a lancet; to pierce
"to lance a vein or an abscess"
3
To throw in the manner of a lance; to lanch.

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