lance rest

noun

a support for a couched lance, fixed to the breastplate of a suit of armor.

Origin of lance rest

First recorded in 1850–55

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Historical Examples of lance rest

The lance-rest is of the hollow kind, peculiar to Spain and Italy.
Spanish Arms and Armour
Albert F. Calvert

British Dictionary definitions for lance rest

lance rest

noun

a hinged bracket on the breastplate of a medieval horseman on which the lance was rested in a charge
a similar structure on a knight's saddle

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