Plural of lance
regular plural
The plural of lance is lances.
Forms of lance
| Singular | lance /lɑːns/ |
|---|---|
| Plural | lances /ˈlænsɪz/ |
| Countable | countable |
Lances in a sentence
- Lances (only shown at Stoke D'Abernon) were commonly made of ash, about 13 feet long.1969, Herbert Walter Macklin, Monumental Brasses. From the entry grate
- But do not joust (to break) fifty or sixty or one hundred lances as you are accustomed to do.2020, Alan V. Murray, Karen Watts, The Medieval Tournament as Spectacle: Tourneys, Jousts and Pas D'armes, 1100-1600, Boydell & Brewer…. From the entry grapper
- My master was then squeezed between two groups of men armed with trudgeons and sticks, spears and lances, rakes and sickles.1996, United States. Congress. House. Committee on International Relations. Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific, Human Rights in Vietnam. From the entry trudgeon
- All round the hall, like glittering waxworks, stood the tall, bearded sowars of the Governor’s bodyguard, with pennoned lances in their hands.1934 October, George Orwell [pseudonym; Eric Arthur Blair], “Chapter 25”, in Burmese Days, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers, Publishers…. From the entry pennoned
- Their weapons are bows and arrows, lances and darts, which they throw like the Greenlanders to the distance of sixty yards by means of a little handboard.2018, William Coxe, Account of the Russian Discoveries between Asia and America, page 61. From the entry handboard
Meaning of lance
- noun A weapon of war, consisting of a long shaft or handle and a steel blade or head; a spear carried by horsemen.
- noun A wooden spear, sometimes hollow, used in jousting or tilting, designed to shatter on impact with the opposing knight’s armour.
- noun A spear or harpoon used by whalers and fishermen.
Questions about the plural of lance
- What is the plural of lance?
- The plural of lance is lances.
- Is lance countable?
- Lance is a countable noun.
Source and license
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