The long shaft or handle to which the spear-head is fixed. Also transferred (quot. 1841).
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释义 | society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > sharp weapon > spear or lance > [noun] > shaft of spear (14) spear-shafta900 The long shaft or handle to which the spear-head is fixed. Also transferred (quot. 1841). ashOE The ashen shaft of a spear; a spear. Obsolete. shaftc1000 The long slender rod forming the body of a lance or spear, or of an arrow. Also of a staff, harpoon, etc. truncheon13.. The shaft of a spear. Obsolete or archaic. tree?a1366 The wooden shaft of a spear, handle of an implement, etc.; hence, a spear, lance (in to break a tree). Now dialect. timberc1400 transferred. Applied to any object familiar to the speaker, composed wholly or chiefly of wood, as †a spear-shaft; †a bowl; a ship; the stocks (slang… sting?a1500 A pole or staff or club used as a weapon; the shaft of a pike or spear. Often staff and sting. spear-staff1530 The staff or shaft of a spear; = spear-shaft, n. Also transferred. steal1530 The shaft or stem of an arrow or spear; = stale, n.2 4. Obsolete. rodc1540 The shaft of a spear. Obsolete. rare. stale1553 The stem of an arrow or spear. stave1873 A rod, bar, pole or the like. The shaft of a lance: = staff, n.1 8d. staff- The shaft of a spear or lance. archaic. Subcategories:— end of (1) |
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