javelin
برچھی
definition
noun
Light cavalry carried a small sword and two or three javelins while the heavy force was equipped with scimitar, mace and a 4 meter lance.
a light spear thrown in a competitive sport or as a weapon.
example
There were ten events, including tossing the caber and throwing the 'javelin' !
I think this time round I'm just going to be concentrating on doing some throwing events, like the 'javelin' , the discus and the shot putt.
She also won gold at other athletics events including the 'javelin' , cross-country and 100m.
The ancient Greeks pioneered several complex athletic techniques, especially in events such as the 'javelin' and long-jump.
Lewis resumes action in the Olympic Stadium today in the long jump before the event concludes with the 'javelin' and 800m where she has made a vast improvement this year.
The rulebook says that the 'javelin' is constructed of three parts: the head, the shaft, and the grip.
his nearest rival in the 'javelin'
his nearest rival in the 'javelin'
The Nubian lances were more than double the length of the Roman 'javelins' , and the Romans were outnumbered three to one.
Some were dueling away with wooden swords, and others were throwing 'javelins' at targets.
The Normans started to ride along the Saxon line, throwing in 'javelins' .
There he was, just 18 and at the start of a promising career, hurling 'javelins' around as if they were paper aeroplanes and delighting in the accolades and awards bestowed upon him.
They were poised to throw their spears and 'javelins' but I had a sudden impulse to stop them.
Gruelling training timetables included drills with 'javelins' , slings, shields and 18-ft spears.
They took up their long, pointed spear-like 'javelins' and hurled them across the playing field.
Weaponry consisted of battleaxes, thrusting spears and daggers for the infantry, while the leaders in their battlewagons carry sheafs of 'javelins' .
Until the early fifth century, this was a matter of putting up scaling ladders or constructing a siege mound against the city-wall while bombarding the battlements with 'javelins' , arrows, and stones.
I was trained up from my earliest years in the art of war, my daily exercise was shooting and throwing 'javelins' , and my mother adorned me with emblems after the manner of our greatest warriors.
Light cavalry carried a small sword and two or three 'javelins' while the heavy force was equipped with scimitar, mace and a 4 meter lance.
Already, scores of mercenaries were surrounding the camp, pelting it with flaming arrows and a whole assortment of 'javelins' and throwing spears.
On all sides, ignoring him, barbarian mercenaries brandished their 'javelins' , bows, pikes, two-edged swords.
To gain some protection by distancing themselves from the dangers of close combat, early fighters used throwing weapons - slings, bows, 'javelins' , and spears.
Yet he did not spy any bows or arrows, 'javelins' , or other weapons that could strike at a distance.
Even the powerful moose knew to beware the swift 'javelins' of avarii hunters.
I don't think Boudica would have been using a chariot at all - it takes two horses and two warriors to throw one set of 'javelins' from a chariot, which is inefficient in anyone's book.
The horseman asks no more than his shield and spear, but the infantry have also 'javelins' to shower, several per man, and they can hurl them to a great distance; for they are either naked or only lightly clad in their cloaks.
And every time, as the Romans fell back on the column, the Jews returned to resume the barrage of 'javelins' and slingshot.
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