lance
Knight's thrusting pole
A lance is a long wooden shaft with a pointed metal head, used as a weapon by mounted knights and cavalry.
The knight would couch the lance under his arm and charge, using the horse's momentum to deliver impact.
To lance is to pierce, as with such a weapon.
In medicine, to lance a boil or abscess is to cut it open to drain fluid.
A lance corporal is the lowest rank of noncommissioned officer in some military branches—originally one who served without higher pay. (Capitalized Lance is a given name.)
Mounted lance combat
- tournamentMulti-round competitive event
- knightHonored mounted soldier
- armorProtective combat covering
- chivalryKnightly code of honor
tilt · steed · squire · heraldry · gallantry · charge · courser · crest
Pole with sharp point
- pikeLong battlefield spear
- halberdAxe-headed infantry pike
- javelinThrowing spear for sport
- polearmLong-shafted combat weapon
thrust · shaft · point · tip · cavalry · charge · couched · infantry
Controlled cut into tissue
- drainChannel for wastewater
- abscessLocalized pus collection
- boilHeat to bubbling point
- cystFluid-filled tissue sac
puncture · scalpel · pierce · sterile · procedure · infection · pus · blade
Of the flesh
- militaryArmed forces collectively
- rankPosition in hierarchy
- enlistedSigned up formally
- noncommissionedLacking official officer appointment
joust
Mounted lance combat
- tournamentMulti-round competitive event
- knightHonored mounted soldier
- armorProtective combat covering
chivalry · tilt · steed · squire · heraldry · gallantry · charge · courser · crest · shield
spear
Pole with sharp point
polearm · thrust · shaft · point · tip · cavalry · charge · couched · infantry · throwing
pierce
Make hole through
stab · thrust · penetrate · spear · impale · skewer · perforate · transfix · prick · jab
incision
Controlled cut into tissue
cyst · puncture · scalpel · pierce · sterile · procedure · infection · pus · blade · surgical
corporal
Of the flesh
lancelet
Primitive marine chordate
slender · translucent · burrowing · primitive · chordate · notochord · filter-feeder
- Medieval Europekings, queens, knights, castles, castle
- medieval warfareknights, siege warfare, castle, castle siege, siege
- medieval knightsknight, knights, armor, sword, swords
- pointed thingsspike, needle point, knife point, spear point, arrow
- ancient warfarephalanx, warriors, army, legion, battle
- cavalrycavalry, cavalryman, cavalry brigade, cavalry charges, cavalry officer
lancedagger
Short pointed stabbing blade
knife · gauntlet · unarmed combat · grappling · hand-to-hand
- lance corporalLowest NCO grade
- Lance Armstrong
- Lance Bass
- Mitsubishi LancerJapanese compact sedan
- fire lanceEarly gunpowder weapon