单词 | javelot |
释义 | † javelotn. Obsolete. A small spear or javelin thrown with the hand or from a catapult. 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 1489 W. Caxton tr. C. de Pisan Bk. Fayttes of Armes i. xiv. 38 Sperys, dartys, and iauelots. 1675 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 10 282 Catapultæ and Balistæ: the former casting Javelots: the latter stones. 1693 T. Urquhart & P. A. Motteux tr. F. Rabelais 3rd Bk. Wks. Prol. 5 They sharpned and prepared Spears,..Javelins, Javelots, and Trunchions. 1708 P. A. Motteux Wks. F. Rabelais (1737) v. ix. 35 Javelins, Javelots, Darts, Dartlets. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < n.1489 |
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