spear-thrower
投矛者,投矛手,投枪者,投枪手
Definitions
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Anthropology.
- : a flexible device for launching a spear, usually a short cord wound around the spear so that when thrown the weapon will rotate in the air.
- : Also called atlatl. a rigid device for increasing the speed and distance of a spear when thrown, usually a flat wooden stick with a handhold and a peg or socket to accommodate the butt end of the spear.
Examples
In some versions of that story, the spear is the first weapon George tries.
The earliest clear evidence of a human killed by a spear dates to roughly 100,000 years ago.
So far as I know, no one has ever done this to an Olympic discus thrower.
Like his predecessors, his background was as a javelin thrower.
And, as we all know, “this ‘war on Christmas’ is the tip of the spear in a larger battle to secularize our culture.”
This was no strange sight to the boy by that time, but it was awkward in the circumstances, for he had neither gun nor spear.
Mafuta immediately rushed at him with a spear, but was caught by the lion on the shoulder, and dragged down.
This last spear is propelled by a throwing-stick, which was also found lying by it.
There they waited to spear the reindeer, while others hid behind rocks near the entrance to drive the reindeer on.
When they worked in this way, they had no trouble in striking off flakes for spear points and knives.