LANCE


Meaning of LANCE in English

/ lɑːns; NAmE læns/ noun , verb

■ noun

a weapon with a long wooden handle and a pointed metal end that was used by people fighting on horses in the past

■ verb

[ vn ] to cut open an infected place on sb's body with a sharp knife in order to let out the pus (= a yellow substance produced by infection) :

to lance an abscess

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WORD ORIGIN

Middle English : from Old French lance (noun), lancier (verb), from Latin lancea (noun).

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне.