javelin

A light spear thrown with the hand and used as a weapon.

A metal or metal-tipped spear thrown for distance in track and field competitions. The men’s javelin is about 2.6 meters (8 ¹/₂ feet) in length; the women’s is about 2.2 meters (7 ¹/₄ feet) in length.

The athletic field event in which a javelin is thrown.

To strike or wound with or as with a javelin.

A spear intended to be thrown by the hand, with or without the aid of a thong or a. throwing-stick.

In heraldry, a bearing representing a short-handled weapon with a barbed head, and so distinguished from a half-spear, which has a lance-head without barbs.

To pierce with a javelin.

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

A wooden shaft resembling a spear, thrown by contestants in a contest called the javelin throw; the one throwing the javelin furthest wins the contest. The javelin throw is one of the field events of the modern Olympic Games.