Lance
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- A weapon of war, consisting of a long shaft or handle and a steel blade or head; a spear carried by horsemen.
- 1590, William Shakespeare, Henry VI, Part III, Act II, Scene III, line 15.
- 1909, Charles Henry Ashdown, European Arms & Armor, page 65.
- The head of the lance was commonly of the leaf form, and sometimes approached that of the lozenge; it was very seldom barbed, although this variety, together with the others, appears upon the Bayeux Tapestry.
- A wooden spear, sometimes hollow, used in jousting or tilting, designed to shatter on impact with the opposing knight’s armour.
- A spear or harpoon used by whalers and fishermen.
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