Word Meaning

Meaning of lance

- A weapon of war, consisting of a long shaft or handle and a steel blade or head; a spear carried by horsemen, and often decorated with a small flag; also, a spear or harpoon used by whalers and fishermen.
- A soldier armed with a lance; a lancer.
- A small iron rod which suspends the core of the mold in casting a shell.
- An instrument which conveys the charge of a piece of ordnance and forces it home.
- One of the small paper cases filled with combustible composition, which mark the outlines of a figure.
- To pierce with a lance, or with any similar weapon.
- To open with a lancet; to pierce; as, to lance a vein or an abscess.
- To throw in the manner of a lance. See Lanch.

Crossword clue for lance

- Cavalry spear
- Cavalry weapon
- Charlie enters narrow road, gets a puncture
- Cyclist Armstrong gets puncture
- Horseman’s spear
- Impale
- Jousting tool
- Jousting weapon
- Knight's weapon
- Knight’s spear
- Long shafted weapon
- Long spear
- Mr Armstrong’s puncture
- Old jousting weapon
- Olden weapon
- Plenty removed from Lancelot’s weapon
- Prefix that lowers ranking of corporal
- Prick (boil)
- Sharp weapon
- Spear
- Surgically cut
- Weapon featured in Venezuelan ceremonies
- Whaler's spear