lance-thrust

A fourth they picked up bleeding from a lance-thrust meant for his heart, but diverted through the shoulder.

His Disposition 2010

Irish legendary history called him a King Lugadius martyred by a lance-thrust from a druidic priest - a story taken quite directly from ancient cults of the sacred-king/dying-god.

Archive 2008-04-01 Jan 2008

Moreover, the Governor used to go down with him to the tilting-ground and assemble horsemen and teach the lad the fashion of fight and fray, and the place to plant lance-thrust and sabre-stroke; so that by the time he was fourteen years old, he became a valiant wight and accomplished knight and gained the rank of Emir.

The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night 2006

“No; a lance-thrust in the head, now healing,” replied the mujik.

Michael Strogoff 2003

Three knights he dashed to the ground with one lance-thrust; but then the spear broke.

King Arthur's Knights The Tales Re-told for Boys & Girls Henry Gilbert

And his strong lance-thrust hurls him dead to earth.

La Chanson de Roland : Translated from the Seventh Edition of Léon Gautier L��once [Translator] Rabillon

Was borne by mighty lance-thrust,/prone upon the grass.

The Nibelungenlied Translated into Rhymed English Verse in the Metre of the Original George Henry Needler 1914

Perkins met him with a straight lance-thrust of the staff, which sent him reeling and shrieking with pain back to his fellows.

The Unspeakable Perk Samuel Hopkins Adams 1914

"No; a lance-thrust in the head, now healing," replied the mujik.

Michael Strogoff : or the Courier of the Czar 1911

At last he was brought down by a lance-thrust, and the crusaders forced their way into Ceuta.

Prince Henry the Navigator, the Hero of Portugal and of Modern Discovery, 1394-1460 A.D. With an Account of Geographical Progress Throughout the Middle Ages As the Preparation for His Work. C. Raymond Beazley 1911