lance rest


noun
  1. a support for a couched lance, fixed to the breastplate of a suit of armor.

Origin of lance rest

1
First recorded in 1850–55

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British Dictionary definitions for lance rest

lance rest

noun
  1. a hinged bracket on the breastplate of a medieval horseman on which the lance was rested in a charge

  2. a similar structure on a knight's saddle

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