spearing

One main culprit was the hard-shell helmet that had essentially become a spearing weapon.
Super Bowl XLVIII Is Set to Be the Most Violent One Yet|Evin Demirel|January 30, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Queen Elizabeth I owned forks for sweetmeats but chose to use her fingers instead, finding the spearing motion to be crude.
The Strange Way We Eat: Bee Wilson’s ‘Consider the Fork’|Bee Wilson|October 13, 2012|DAILY BEAST
But they were not ready as yet to do any nocturnal spearing, and if ever Indians wanted a night's rest they wanted it.
Overland|John William De Forest
Frequently I would go out spearing and netting fish, my principal captures being mullet.
The Adventures of Louis de Rougemont|Louis de Rougemont

Dear Aunt Kitty: I'm up here spearing salmon and all that sort of thing, don't you know, and trying to forget.
The Tigress|Anne Warner
The door was open, and a torch was spearing its beam on two men—one kneeling over the prone figure of the other.
Unwise Child|Gordon Randall Garrett
In the summer months they frequent the sea-coast, where their skill in spearing fish is described as quite wonderful.
The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction.|Various

Origin of spearing