Noun: lance
| Singular | lance |
| Plural | lances |
Sample Sentences
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Thy brother’s blood the thirsty earth hath drunk, Broach’d with the steely point of Clifford’s lance[…] [c. 1591–1592 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Third Part of Henry the Sixt, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene iii], line 15:]
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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. [1909, Charles Henry Ashdown, European Arms & Armor, page 65:]
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What will you do, good greybeard? Break a lance, And run a-tilt at Death within a chair? [1591 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The First Part of Henry the Sixt”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene ii], line 49:]
Nouns inflected like lance
soldier's woundwort,
Nicosian,
whopper,
greypate,
tactile sign language,
chronotrope,
Rosie Lee,
dissentient,
photoinactivator,
sulphonediimine,
coastal waterfall,
residuary devise,
bituminization,
nitrosonaphthol,
smṛiti,
geosphere,
backscreen,
mensuralist,
flocculate,
flocculant, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
From Middle English launce, from Old French lance, from Latin lancea. See: Middle English Nouns '
launce', Latin Nouns '
lancea'.
Verbs referencing "lance"
Portuguese Nouns
lança, Faroese Nouns
lansa, Faroese Nouns
lansi.