society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > cut of sharp weapon > cut or penetrate (of weapon) [verb (transitive)] > thrust a spear > put spear or lance in rest (4)
transitive. To put (a spear or lance) into a rest or fewter (fewter, n.).
transitive. To set (a spear) in the rest; = fewter, v.
transitive. To place (a lance) in rest.
transitive. To place (a lance) against the rest (rest, n.2 2a). Obsolete.