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- Dictionarylance/lɑːns/
noun
- 1. a long weapon with a wooden shaft and a pointed steel head, formerly used by a horseman in charging: "the warriors bore lances tipped with iron or steel"
- 2. a metal pipe supplying a jet of oxygen to a furnace or to make a very hot flame for cutting.
verb
- 1. prick or cut open (an abscess or boil) with a lancet or other sharp instrument: "abscesses should not be lanced until there is a soft spot in the centre"
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A lance is a long thrusting spear designed to be used by a mounted warrior or cavalry soldier ( lancer ). In ancient and medieval warfare, it evolved into the leading weapon in cavalry charges, and was unsuited for throwing or for repeated thrusting, unlike similar weapons of the javelin and pike family typically used by infantry.
1. : a steel-tipped spear carried by mounted knights or light cavalry. 2. : any of various sharp objects suggestive of a lance: such as. a. : lancet. b. : a spear used for killing whales or fish. 3. : lancer sense 1b. lance. 2 of 2. verb. lanced; lancing. transitive verb. 1. a. : to pierce with or as if with a lance. b.
LANCE definition: 1. a long, thin pole with a sharp point that soldiers used in the past as a weapon when riding…. Learn more.
Lance definition: a long wooden shaft with a pointed metal head, used as a weapon by knights and cavalry soldiers in charging.. See examples of LANCE used in a sentence.
noun. a surgical knife with a pointed double-edged blade; used for punctures and small incisions. synonyms: lancet. see more. verb. pierce with a lance, as in a knights' fight. see more. verb. open by piercing with a lancet. “ lance a boil” see more. verb. move quickly, as if by cutting one's way. “Planes lanced towards the shore” see more.
1. a long weapon with a pointed head used by horsemen to unhorse or injure an opponent. 2. a similar weapon used for hunting, whaling, etc. 3. surgery another name for lancet. 4. the sand lance. See sand eel. verb (transitive) 5. to pierce (an abscess or boil) with a lancet to drain off pus. 6. to pierce with or as if with a lance.
Jun 14, 2024 · lance (third-person singular simple present lances, present participle lancing, simple past and past participle lanced) To pierce with a lance, or with any similar weapon. Seized the due victim, and with fury lanced Her back.
1. a long wooden shaft with a pointed metal head used esp. by a knight as a weapon in charging. 2. lancer. 3. an implement resembling a lance, as a spear for killing a harpooned whale. 4. lancet (def. 1). v.t. 5. to open with or as if with a lancet. 6. to pierce with or as if with a lance.
lance in American English. (læns, lɑːns) (verb lanced, lancing) noun. 1. a long wooden shaft with a pointed metal head, used as a weapon by knights and cavalry soldiers in charging. 2. a cavalry soldier armed with such a weapon; lancer. 3. an implement resembling the weapon, as a spear for killing a harpooned whale.
Origin of Lance. The surname is derived from a medieval given name Lanzo, short form of names beginning with the Germanic element land "land". From Wiktionary. Middle English from Old French from Latin lancea probably of Celtic origin. From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
