Synonyms for javelin

Grammar : Noun

Spell : jav-lin, jav-uh-

Phonetic Transcription : ˈdʒæv lɪn, ˈdʒæv ə-

Définition of javelin

Origin : late 15c., from Middle French javeline (15c.), fem. diminutive of Old French javelot "a spear," probably from Gaulish (cf. Old Irish gabul "fork;" Welsh gafl "fork," gaflach "feathered spear"), ultimately from PIE *ghabholo- "a fork, branch of a tree." Also found in Italian (giavelotto) and Middle High German (gabilot). Javelot also was borrowed in Middle English, but this is the form of the word that has endured.

noun spear

Example sentences :

In addition, they are taught to shoot with the bow and to fling the javelin.
Extract from : « Cyropaedia » by Xenophon

And here we will state shortly the most effective method of hurling the javelin.
Extract from : « On Horsemanship » by Xenophon

But not in words does the Trojan hero frame his reply: for he hurls his javelin at the foe.
Extract from : « The Aeneid of Virgil » by Virgil

The monarch rose in his car and whirled a javelin at the gates.
Extract from : « The Infernal Marriage » by Benjamin Disraeli

They attempted to withdraw the javelin, but could not move it.
Extract from : « The American Family Robinson » by D. W. Belisle

A javelin had pierced its shoulder and fastened it to a great tree.
Extract from : « The Magic World » by Edith Nesbit

He got out his knife and cut and cut at the shaft of the javelin till he was able to break it off.
Extract from : « The Magic World » by Edith Nesbit

It was a sort of javelin, consisting of a shaft of wood, with a long point of iron.
Extract from : « Hannibal » by Jacob Abbott

This javelin was to be thrown at the enemy either from the hand of the soldier or by an engine.
Extract from : « Hannibal » by Jacob Abbott

Why was the harpoon a better weapon for hunting than the spear or javelin?
Extract from : « The Later Cave-Men » by Katharine Elizabeth Dopp

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