lancegay
English
Alternative forms
- lancegaye
Etymology
From Old French lancegaye, from lance (“lance”) + zagaye (“assagai”).
Noun
lancegay (plural lancegays)
- (obsolete) A type of lance.
- c. 1390, Geoffrey Chaucer, Sir Thopas (Ellesmere ms):
- Sire Thopas / wolde out ride / He worth / vpon his steede gray / And in his hand a launcegay / A long swerd / by his side [...].
- c. 1390, Geoffrey Chaucer, Sir Thopas (Ellesmere ms):
References
- OED 2nd edition 1989