spear-shaftn.

Forms: Also Old English, Middle English sperescæft, Middle English spereschaft(e, Middle English spereshafte, speyre-chaft.

Etymology: < spear n.¹ Compare Old High German sperascaft (Middle High German sperschaft, German speerschaft), Middle Swedish spärsskapt.

The long shaft or handle to which the spear-head is fixed. Also transferred (quot. 1841).

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society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > sharp weapon > spear or lance > [noun] > shaft of spear

spear-shafta900

ashOE

shaftc1000

truncheon13..

tree?a1366

timberc1400

sting?a1500

spear-staff1530

steal1530

rodc1540

stale1553

stave1873

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a900 Wærferth tr. Gregory's Dial. 14 Þær hi ealle ongunnon heora hors mid heora sperescæftum þerscan.

c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) l. 7362 He nom ænne spere-scæft [c1300 Otho spere-saft] þe wes long & swiðe stærc.

1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) 1 Chron. xx. 5 Whos spere schaft was as the beme of websters.

1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum xii. xxiv Locusta..haþ longe legges, as a spere schafte.

c1420 Contin. Brut 337 William Walworth.. slow Iack Straw, and anon ryȝt þere dede smyȝt of his hed, and sette it vp apon a spere-schafte.

1483 Wardr. Acc. in Antiq. Rep. (1807) I. 49 viij spereshaftes with their chapitulls.

a1700 T. Ken Edmund in Wks. (1721) II. 26 Fit barbed Heads for their Spear-shafts to make.

1841 H. Miller Old Red Sandstone vii. 119 They form a continuous convex stratum in the sandstone spear-shaft.

1887 W. Morris tr. Homer Odyssey I. x. 174 As I steadied myself with my spear-shaft.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	spear-shaft
释义	spear-shaftn. Forms: Also Old English, Middle English sperescæft, Middle English spereschaft(e, Middle English spereshafte, speyre-chaft. Etymology: < spear n.¹ Compare Old High German sperascaft (Middle High German sperschaft, German speerschaft), Middle Swedish spärsskapt. The long shaft or handle to which the spear-head is fixed. Also transferred (quot. 1841). ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > sharp weapon > spear or lance > [noun] > shaft of spear spear-shafta900 ashOE shaftc1000 truncheon13.. tree?a1366 timberc1400 sting?a1500 spear-staff1530 steal1530 rodc1540 stale1553 stave1873 staff- a900 Wærferth tr. Gregory's Dial. 14 Þær hi ealle ongunnon heora hors mid heora sperescæftum þerscan. c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) l. 7362 He nom ænne spere-scæft [c1300 Otho spere-saft] þe wes long & swiðe stærc. 1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) 1 Chron. xx. 5 Whos spere schaft was as the beme of websters. 1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum xii. xxiv Locusta..haþ longe legges, as a spere schafte. c1420 Contin. Brut 337 William Walworth.. slow Iack Straw, and anon ryȝt þere dede smyȝt of his hed, and sette it vp apon a spere-schafte. 1483 Wardr. Acc. in Antiq. Rep. (1807) I. 49 viij spereshaftes with their chapitulls. a1700 T. Ken Edmund in Wks. (1721) II. 26 Fit barbed Heads for their Spear-shafts to make. 1841 H. Miller Old Red Sandstone vii. 119 They form a continuous convex stratum in the sandstone spear-shaft. 1887 W. Morris tr. Homer Odyssey I. x. 174 As I steadied myself with my spear-shaft. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.a900
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