lance
noun
a long wooden shaft with a pointed metal head, used as a weapon by knights and cavalry soldiers in charging.
lancelike
-
a word derived from
lance.
Example Sentences
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Powered with an Allison engine with 100 less horsepower, the lancelike P37 gained 75 m.p.h.
From Time Magazine Archive
The steel army rolled vast, powder-white and terrible to a railroad crossing with lancelike antennae uplifted and colored guidons fluttering in the sun.
From Time Magazine Archive
It is doubtful whether the engaging and lancelike humors of this piece will interest a great many people for a protracted period.
From Time Magazine Archive
The broad shoulders and the lancelike carriage proclaimed Von Ritz even before the downcast face was raised.
From The Lighted Match by R. F. Schabelitz
The first type of damage often passes unnoticed and is due to the feeding of early emerging weevils, which puncture the immature nuts with their long lancelike beaks to feed on the juices within.
From Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the 44th Annual Meeting Rochester, N.Y. August 31 and September 1, 1953 by Northern Nut Growers Association
