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A pointy stick so devastating it required an entire dress code to use politely.
means A long, straight thrusting weapon with a pointed metal head, especially the kind couched under a mounted knight's arm; as a verb, to pierce or cut open something (like a boil or abscess) with a sharp instrument.
from From Old French 'lance,' straight out of Latin 'lancea,' a light spear or javelin — a word the Romans themselves may have borrowed from a Celtic or Iberian source, since the writer Varro flagged it as foreign. The same root pierced its way into 'lancet' (the little surgical blade) and even 'freelance,' which began life literally meaning a 'free lance' — a mercenary knight whose spear served whoever paid, loyal to no banner.
- speed
- Charging knights hit roughly 40 miles per hour
- design
- Tips deliberately splintered to absorb deadly impact
- royal exit
- A lance splinter killed France's King Henry II
- name origin
- From Latin lancea, a light Iberian javelin
- hidden meaning
- Lancing a boil drains it like a tiny duel
lance armstrong — cyclist who won 7 tour de france titles (1999-2005), later stripped for doping
lance bass — nsync member and actor, born 1979
lance reddick — actor in the wire and john wick, 1962-2023