lance

The English term lance is derived, via Middle English launce and Old French lance, from the Latin lancea, a generic term meaning a spear or javelin employed by both infantry and cavalry, with English initially keeping these generic meanings. It developed later into a term for spear-like weapons specially designed and modified to be part of a "weapon system" for use couched under the arm during a charge, being equipped with special features such as grappers to engage with lance rests attached to breastplates, and vamplates, small circular plates designed to prevent the hand sliding up the shaft upon impact. These specific features were in use by the beginning of the late 14th century.

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lance spear; lance weapon
pole weapon, spear, 

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  kopia ⓘ
  type of lance (XVIIth-XVIIIth century)

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  Unknown ⓘ
  sharpened spear or lance

Frameless

Lance, German, detail (MET, 14.25.446)

Book of hours by the Master of Zweder van Culemborg - KB 79 K 2 - folio 116v

Portrait of Aymer de Valence, Earl of Pembroke, A.D. 1315 (4672100)

Narcyz Witczak-Witaczyński - Bieg patroli (107-430-2)

Die hystorie vanden grooten Coninck Alexander - KW 172 C 22 - 022r

Clevelandart 1916.1944

Narcyz Witczak-Witaczyński - 1 Pułk Szwoleżerów podczas święta 3 maja (107-241-4)

German - Armor and Lance for Fighting on Horseback - Walters 51578, 511336

Lance, German, detail (MET, 32.75.198)

Connecticut Yankee4

• "The Lance in the Fifteenth Century: How French Cavalry Overcame the English Defensive System in the Latter Part of the Hundred Years War" - , 2019

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
class	weapon		kopia	lance	Wikidata
class	weapon		Unknown	lance, spear	Wikidata
link	page		Statens historiska museers samlingar page@		Wikidata
commons	image		Lance, German, detail (MET, 14.25.446)		Commons
commons	image		Book of hours by the Master of Zweder van Culemborg - KB 79 K 2 - folio 116v		Commons
commons	image		Portrait of Aymer de Valence, Earl of Pembroke, A.D. 1315 (4672100)		Commons
commons	image		Narcyz Witczak-Witaczyński - Bieg patroli (107-430-2)		Commons
commons	image		Die hystorie vanden grooten Coninck Alexander - KW 172 C 22 - 022r		Commons
commons	image		Clevelandart 1916.1944		Commons
commons	image		Narcyz Witczak-Witaczyński - 1 Pułk Szwoleżerów podczas święta 3 maja (107-241-4)		Commons
commons	image		German - Armor and Lance for Fighting on Horseback - Walters 51578, 511336		Commons
commons	image		Lance, German, detail (MET, 32.75.198)		Commons
commons	image		Connecticut Yankee4		Commons