Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗A weapon of war, consisting of a long shaft or handle and a steel blade or head; a spear carried by horsemen. · A wooden spear, sometimes hollow, used in jousting or tilting, designed to shatter on impact with the opposing knight’s armour. · A whaling implement consisting of a long wooden shaft with a projecting iron shank tipped with a broad, leaf-shaped cutting blade, used to kill harpooned whales by repeated thrusts. · A soldier armed with a lance; a lancer.
To pierce with a lance, or with any similar weapon. · To open with a lancet; to prick or cut open with a sharp instrument; to pierce. · To throw in the manner of a lance; to lanch. · To steal or swipe.
Etymology tree Latin lancea Old French lancebor. Middle English launce English lance From Middle English launce, from Old French lance, from Latin lancea.
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