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What (who) is Javelin - definition

LIGHT SPEAR, DESIGNED TO BE THROWN

Javelins; Javelin (Pole weapon); Throwing spear; Throwing spears; Javelin (weapon); Acconzius; Javilen

Javelin

·vt To pierce with a javelin.

II. Javelin ·noun A sort of light spear, to be thrown or cast by thew hand; anciently, a weapon of war used by horsemen and foot soldiers; now used chiefly in hunting the wild boar and other fierce game.

javelin

(javelins)

1.

A javelin is a long spear that is used in sports competitions. Competitors try to throw the javelin as far as possible.

N-COUNT

2.

You can refer to the competition in which the javelin is thrown as the javelin.

...Steve Backley who won the javelin.

N-SING: the N

javelin

['d?av(?)l?n]

¦ noun a long, light spear thrown in a competitive sport or as a weapon.

Origin

ME: from OFr. javeline, of Celtic origin.

Wikipedia

Javelin

A javelin is a light spear designed primarily to be thrown, historically as a ranged weapon, but today predominantly for sport. The javelin is almost always thrown by hand, unlike the sling, bow, and crossbow, which launch projectiles with the aid of a hand-held mechanism. However, devices do exist to assist the javelin thrower in achieving greater distance, such as spear-throwers or the amentum.

A warrior or soldier armed primarily with one or more javelins is a javelineer.

The word javelin comes from Middle English and it derives from Old French javelin, a diminutive of javelot, which meant spear. The word javelot probably originated from one of the Celtic languages.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Javelin

Examples of use of Javelin

1. Now Sabrina is throwing a shot put, discus and javelin.

2. They jumped off the balcony and the Javelin followed them down.

3. Wednesday night was a sell–out, but then again that was men‘s javelin night.

4. Jan Zelezny, the Czech three–times javelin gold medallist, met the PM yesterday.

5. NT4Am: Um, that‘s right, Masha, it appears to be high–jump bar or, no wait, I think it‘s a javel... [ffwwwtttt sound as flying javelin enters anchorman‘s upper thorax] Ha–ha, yes, it‘s a javelin all righooohhhhaaarrrgggghhh [collapsing to floor, javelin extended through chest cavity and exiting beneath right shoulder blade] Back to you, Masha.