Antonyms for lance

Grammar : Verb

Spell : lans, lahns

Phonetic Transcription : læns, lɑns

Definition of lance

Origin : late 13c. (late 12c. as a surname), from Old French lance (12c.), from Latin lancea "light spear, Spanish lance" (Italian lancia, Spanish lanza), possibly of Celt-Iberian origin. The French word spread into Germanic (cf. German Lanze, Middle Dutch lanse, Dutch lans, Danish landse). Lance corporal (1786) is from obsolete lancepesade "officer of lowest rank" (1570s), from Old Italian lancia spezzata "old soldier," literally "broken lance."

verb pierce

Example sentences :

The lance then gets in the way and has to be tied to the saddle.
Extract from : « The Story of the Malakand Field Force » by Sir Winston S. Churchill

All admit or assert that the lance is in this warfare the better weapon.
Extract from : « The Story of the Malakand Field Force » by Sir Winston S. Churchill

Fair on each shield struck a lance, and backward reeled their holders.
Extract from : « Fair Margaret » by H. Rider Haggard

And he can ride a horse and hold a lance, can he not, at any rate in your quarrel?
Extract from : « Fair Margaret » by H. Rider Haggard

Straight at Peter's undefended face drove Morella's lance, but lo!
Extract from : « Fair Margaret » by H. Rider Haggard

But the chain was stretched straight and stiff as a lance,—she could not untwist it.
Extract from : « The Incomplete Amorist » by E. Nesbit

Alike below the saddle and above it he was as light as a leaf and as firm as a lance.
Extract from : « The Cavalier » by George Washington Cable

He was trained to ride a horse boldly and to be skilful with the sword and the lance.
Extract from : « Introductory American History » by Henry Eldridge Bourne

In the dread stillness out came the lance, and Robbie was bled.
Extract from : « The Shadow of a Crime » by Hall Caine

Robbie had appeared to be conscious before the operation of the lance.
Extract from : « The Shadow of a Crime » by Hall Caine

Synonyms for lance

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