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Lance

The English term lance is derived, via Middle English launce and Old French lance, from the Latin lancea, a generic term meaning a spear or javelin employed by both infantry and cavalry, with English initially keeping these generic meanings. It developed later into a term for spear-like weapons specially designed and modified to be part of a "weapon…

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Etymology

History of use

Use as flagstaff

Mounted police use

Other weapons

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Lance

Nodes131
Edges130
Triples136
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.015267
Components1

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Lance

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related to 17th and 18th century decline in Western Europe · 21
Lance → After, At, François, French Wars, Huguenot, Lithuanian Commonwealth, Medieval, Noue, Only, Polish, Religion, Renaissance, Royalist, Sir Roger Williams, Spanish, Szlachta, The, The Polish, Western Europe, Western European
related to Twilight of use · 21
Lance → After, American, American Civil War, At, California Cavalry Battalion, Confederate, France, German, Imperial German Army, In, Mexican, Napoleon Bonaparte's, Napoleonic, Pennsylvania Cavalry Regiment, South Central Texas, Texans, Texas Cavalry Regiment, The, The Franco-Prussian War, US Civil War
related to World War I and after · 17
Lance → Amongst, August, Belgian, British, France, French, German, Halen, In, Indian, Italian, Lances, Russian, Spanish, Turkish, With, World War
related to 19th century revival in Western Europe · 15
Lance → British, Charge, Europe, European, Formations, Hungary, Lancers, Light Brigade, Napoleonic Wars, One, Poland, Russian Cossacks, The, The Crimean War, This
related to Middle Ages · 12
Lance → Cavalry, European, Formations, French, German, Great Stirrup Controversy, It, The, The Byzantine, The Byzantines, Two, Western Europe
related to Etymology · 8
Lance → Also, Greek, Iberian, OED, Old French, Roman, The, The English
related to Mounted police use · 8
Lance → British, Canadian North-West Mounted Police, It, North-West Mounted Police's, Royal Canadian Mounted Police, The, They, When
related to Ancient Era · 6
Lance → During, Greek, Pike, Roman, The, These
related to Indigenous use in North America · 5
Lance → After, American, Native Americans, Plains Indians, Western
related to External links · 4
Lance → From Lance, Mounted Soldiers, Pistol, The Evolution

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cavalry lances use war weapon used mounted lancers infantry often impact century weapons german british also spear charge western armed

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
grappers to engage with lance rests attached to breastplatesinstance ofbeing equipped with special features0.80text
and vamplatesinstance ofbeing equipped with special features0.80text
small circular plates designed to prevent the hand sliding up the shaft upon impactinstance ofbeing equipped with special features0.80text
swordsinstance ofand these troops also carried secondary weapons0.80text
battle axesinstance ofand these troops also carried secondary weapons0.80text
war hammersinstance ofand these troops also carried secondary weapons0.80text
macesinstance ofand these troops also carried secondary weapons0.80text
and daggers for use in hand-to-hand combatinstance ofand these troops also carried secondary weapons0.80text
since the lance was often a one-use-per-engagement weaponinstance ofand these troops also carried secondary weapons0.80text
becoming embedded in their targets or being broken on impactinstance ofand these troops also carried secondary weapons0.80text
reitersinstance ofwith newer types of heavy cavalry0.80text
cuirassiers spurning the old one-use weaponinstance ofwith newer types of heavy cavalry0.80text

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