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demi-lance
demi-lance (ˈdɛmɪlɑːns, -æ-) Forms: 5 demye launce, 6 demy-, deme-, demi-, dimilaunce, dimilance, 6–7 demy-, 6–8 demilance, 7 demilaunce, 6–9 demi-lance. [a. F. demie lance (15th c. in Littré): cf. demi- 3.] 1. A lance with short shaft, used in the 15th and 16th centuries.c 1489 Caxton Sonnes of Aym...
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Coutilier
The equipment of a Burgundian coutilier in 1473 is almost identical, with the substitution of a javelin for the demi-lance or voulge (javelin here meaning
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Almain rivet
but they were cheap: a royal proclamation issued by Henry VIII in 1542 designated them at 7s 6d, which equated to one sixth of the cost of a suit of demi-lance
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Polish hussars
Another type of lance, known as the demi-lance or kopijka, and was long and was used against the Tatars and Turks in late-17th-century wars.
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lanceprisado
lancepesade, lanceprisado Hist. (lɑːnspɪˈzɑːd, -æ-, ˌlænsprɪˈzɑːdəʊ) Forms: α. 6 lancepezzade, 7 lance-, lans(e)pesade, -ado, lanspasata, 8 lancepesata, lanspessade. Cf. anspessade. β. 7 lancepers-, -pres-, -prez-, -pris, -prizade, -ado, lans-, launcepres-, -prisade, -ado, 9 lanceprisade. [a. F. lan...
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Polish cavalry
Kingdom of Poland or 'Petyhorcy' in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania (the actual subject of the illustration) - whose offensive armament included a shorter 'demi-lance
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demi
demi, n., a., prefix (ˈdɛmɪ) Also 5–6 dimi. [F. demi:—L. dīmidium half: see dimidiate. The Fr. word is a n. and adj., and much used in combination. It began to be used in English in the 15th c. attrib. in Heraldry, and in the 16th c. in names of cannon, and soon passed to other uses. At first it was...
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Siege of Leith
Arthur Grey, the son and biographer of Grey de Wilton, who was commander of a company of demi-lance horsemen, was shot twice, but was not in danger of
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