| 释义 |
‖ ˈframea Antiq.
[L.; presumably a Teut. word.]
A kind of javelin used by the ancient Germans (see quot.). By modern archaeologists the word has been applied to a particular type of lance found in ancient German tombs, etc., and also to a form of socketed stone celt.
1598R. Grenewey Tacitus' Germany i. (1622) 259 [They] carry Iauelines, or as they term them Frameas, with a narrow and short iron, but so sharpe..that..with the same weapon they can fight both at hand, and a farre off. |