单词 | framea |
释义 | framean. historical. A light, versatile spear with an iron head used by the ancient Germanic peoples. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > sharp weapon > spear or lance > [noun] > specific for throwing gavelockc1000 wifleOE dartc1330 gavelot14.. pilec1400 hurlbatc1450 javelot1489 espiot1490 javelin1513 archegay1523 framea1545 zagaie1590 bourdonasse1596 assegai1600 1545 R. Ascham Toxophilus i. f. 35 Eche contry vsing one singuler weapon, for whyche they were greatelye feared in warre, as the Spanyarde Lancea, the Francheman Gesa, the German Framea. 1598 R. Grenewey tr. Tacitus Descr. Germanie i, in Annales 259 [They] carrie Iauelins, or as they terme them Frameas [L. hastas vel ipsorum vocabulo frameas], with a narrow and short yron, but so sharp..that..with the same weapon they can fight both at hand, and a farre off. 1614 W. Camden Remaines (1984) 202 But amongst all the English artillarie; Archery chalengeth the preheminencie as peculiar to our Nation, as..the Framea to the Germans. 1698 J. Potenger Disc. Germany in tr. Tacitus Ann. & Hist. II. 52 The Horseman is very well satisfied with a Shield and a Framea [L. scuto frameaque]. 1779 J. Strutt Chron. Eng. I. v. 327 The framea, a sort of javelin, handsomely made, and headed with a short narrow piece of iron, extremely sharp. 1844 Gentleman's Mag. Oct. 362/2 The chieftain in Germany..encouraged them by the occasional present of a horse or a framea. 1877 H. Frith tr. J. Girardin Doctor's Family xxxvii. 101 She was seen to run about the garden armed with her basket, and brandishing her umbrella like a framea. 1906 C. M. Doughty Dawn in Brit. V. xvii. 44 And when was broken the framea, in his stiff hand, He bet back Britons. 1957 L. de Wohl Glorious Folly (U.S. ed.) vii. 54 The spear of a Chatt warrior, a heavy framea, had hit his shield full square. 1993 F. Rivers Voice in Wind ii. 37 If death were coming for him, he'd greet it with a framea in his hands. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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