javelin
IPA: dʒˈævʌɫʌn
noun
- A light spear thrown with the hand and used as a weapon.
- A metal-tipped spear thrown for distance in an athletic field event.
- A javelinfish (Coelorinchus australis).
verb
- (transitive) To pierce with a javelin.
Examples of "javelin" in Sentences
- USATODAY. com - Torn ACL too much for American in javelin final
- It was one and done for Breaux Greer of the U.S. in javelin qualifying.
- If a javelin is parried with a shield, and does not come through, the danger to the target is over.
- Mike Hazle and Leigh Smith have made the Olympic team in javelin after finishing second and fifth at the U.S.
- She used to call the javelin happy which he touched, and the reins happy which he was pressing with his hand.
- They may also have occasionally made use of the javelin, which is sometimes seen among the arrows of a quiver.
- It is then that Redg, Ailill's satirist, went to him on an errand to seek the javelin, that is, Cuchulainn's spear.
- Instant killing of a lion with a javelin is a miracle, even more miraculous is instant killing of a lion with one arrow.
- Oh, and the word javelin comes from Middle English and it derives from Old French javeline a diminutive of javelot which meant spear.
- Similarly, if a javelin is seen in flight, it can easily be side-stepped by anyone with enough room to do so, and it will hit the ground and stop.