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The answer LANCES has 55 possible clue(s) in existing crosswords.
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Definitions of lances in various dictionaries:
noun - a long pointed rod used as a tool or weapon
noun - an implement with a shaft and barbed point used for catching fish
noun - a surgical knife with a pointed double-edged blade
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| Possible Crossword Clues |
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| 'Ivanhoe' weapons |
| Picadors' weapons |
| Weapons of old |
| Knights' weapons |
| Jousters' equipment |
| Knight sticks |
| Jousting poles |
| Jousting weapons |
| Spears |
| Cavalry weapons |
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| Hey you kids, go play in the tiltyard, where knights tried to unhorse each other using these |
| (Cheryl of the Clue Crew checks in from the Ren Faire.) The points of these long weapons were often blunted in medieval jousting |
| Possible Dictionary Clues |
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| Plural form of lance. |
| Third-person singular simple present indicative form of lance. |
| a metal pipe supplying a jet of oxygen to a furnace or to make a very hot flame for cutting. |
| a long weapon with a wooden shaft and a pointed steel head, formerly used by a horseman in charging. |
| Lances might refer to |
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| The Lance is a pole weapon designed to be used by a mounted warrior or cavalry soldier (lancer). During the periods of classical and medieval warfare, it evolved into being the leading weapon in cavalry charges, and was unsuited for throwing or for repeated thrusting, unlike similar weapons of the javelin/pike family typically used by infantry. Lances were often equipped with a vamplate a small circular plate to prevent the hand sliding up the shaft upon impact. Though best known as a military and sporting weapon carried by European knights, the use of lances was widespread throughout Asia, the Middle East and North Africa wherever suitable mounts were available. As a secondary weapon, lancers of the medieval period also bore swords, axes or maces for hand-to-hand combat, since the lance was often a one-use-per-engagement weapon; assuming the lance survived the initial impact intact, it was (depending on the lance) usually too long, heavy and slow to be effective against opponents in |
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| IMPALES |