Definition of "lance-head" [lance-head]

• The head of a lance. (noun)
• Lachesis mutus, a venomous snake of South America. See bushmaster. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "With a crash and the shrieking sound of metal scraped and twisted, Sir Gabriel2s lance strikes Sir Orban2s shield full on, and the sheer impact drives the weapon through the layers of metal and leather, then again into metal as the lance-head dives into Orban2s breastplate."
• "A lump of waste iron from a furnace had struck him in the side and surely broken at least two ribs, and a twisted, discarded lance-head had sliced deep through his dark hair and stuck fast in the left side of his head, its point at the temple."
• "Already, round the far side of the Isan'lwana hill, the van-guard of the Zulu right "horn" was streaming down like a black lance-head to cut the track; I. could make out the green monkey caps and plumes of the Tulwana regiment."