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Synonyms for javelin

Grammar : Noun
Spell : jav-lin, jav-uh-
Phonetic Transcription : ˈdʒæv lɪn, ˈdʒæv ə-

Définition of javelin

Origin :
  • late 15c., from Middle French javeline (15c.), fem. diminutive of Old French javelot "a spear," probably from Gaulish (cf. Old Irish gabul "fork;" Welsh gafl "fork," gaflach "feathered spear"), ultimately from PIE *ghabholo- "a fork, branch of a tree." Also found in Italian (giavelotto) and Middle High German (gabilot). Javelot also was borrowed in Middle English, but this is the form of the word that has endured.
  • noun spear
Example sentences :
  • In addition, they are taught to shoot with the bow and to fling the javelin.
  • Extract from : « Cyropaedia » by Xenophon
  • And here we will state shortly the most effective method of hurling the javelin.
  • Extract from : « On Horsemanship » by Xenophon
  • But not in words does the Trojan hero frame his reply: for he hurls his javelin at the foe.
  • Extract from : « The Aeneid of Virgil » by Virgil
  • The monarch rose in his car and whirled a javelin at the gates.
  • Extract from : « The Infernal Marriage » by Benjamin Disraeli
  • They attempted to withdraw the javelin, but could not move it.
  • Extract from : « The American Family Robinson » by D. W. Belisle
  • A javelin had pierced its shoulder and fastened it to a great tree.
  • Extract from : « The Magic World » by Edith Nesbit
  • He got out his knife and cut and cut at the shaft of the javelin till he was able to break it off.
  • Extract from : « The Magic World » by Edith Nesbit
  • It was a sort of javelin, consisting of a shaft of wood, with a long point of iron.
  • Extract from : « Hannibal » by Jacob Abbott
  • This javelin was to be thrown at the enemy either from the hand of the soldier or by an engine.
  • Extract from : « Hannibal » by Jacob Abbott
  • Why was the harpoon a better weapon for hunting than the spear or javelin?
  • Extract from : « The Later Cave-Men » by Katharine Elizabeth Dopp

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