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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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LANCE definition: 1. a long, thin pole with a sharp point that soldiers used in the past as a weapon when riding…. Learn more.
The meaning of LANCE is a steel-tipped spear carried by mounted knights or light cavalry. How to use lance in a sentence.
noun. a long wooden shaft with a pointed metal head, used as a weapon by knights and cavalry soldiers in charging. a cavalry soldier armed with such a weapon; lancer. an implement resembling the weapon, as a spear for killing a harpooned whale.
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.
Definitions of lance. noun. a long pointed rod used as a tool or weapon. synonyms: shaft, spear. see more. noun. an implement with a shaft and barbed point used for catching fish. synonyms: fishgig, fizgig, gig, spear. see more. noun. a surgical knife with a pointed double-edged blade; used for punctures and small incisions. synonyms: lancet.
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.
lance. a weapon with a long wooden handle and a pointed metal end that was used by people fighting on horses in the past. Definition of lance noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
n. Military a long wooden shaft with a pointed metal head, used as a weapon by knights and cavalry soldiers in charging. Military a cavalry soldier armed with such a weapon; lancer. Military an implement resembling the weapon, as a spear for killing a harpooned whale.
noun. lances. A thrusting weapon consisting of a long wooden shaft with a sharp metal spearhead. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. Lancer. Webster's New World. Any sharp instrument resembling a lance, as a fish spear. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. A cavalry lancer. American Heritage. Similar definitions. A surgical lancet.
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.
