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单词 javelot
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javelotn.

Etymology: < Old French javelot, Italian giavelotto; in Old Northern French gavelot , Breton gavlod , Middle High German gabilôt (Diez). See also gavelot n.The original source of French javel- , Old Northern French gavel- , in javelot , javeline , and their cognates, is uncertain, and beset with many difficulties; opinion at present favours a Celtic origin; see gavelock n., and compare Diez and Thurneysen s.v. giavelotto.
Obsolete.
A small spear or javelin thrown with the hand or from a catapult.
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society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > sharp weapon > spear or lance > [noun] > specific for throwing
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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.
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