"fire lance" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: fire lances [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} fire lance (plural fire lances)
  1. (historical) A weapon, first used by the Chinese, consisting of a spear with one or more primitive flamethrowers attached. Wikipedia link: fire lance Tags: historical Categories (topical): Spears, Weapons Synonyms: fire spear Translations (spear with one or more flamethrowers attached): 火槍 (Chinese Mandarin), 火枪 (huǒqiāng) (Chinese Mandarin), tulipeitsi (Finnish), о́гненное копьё (ógnennoje kopʹjó) [neuter] (Russian), копьё я́ростного огня́ (kopʹjó járostnovo ognjá) [neuter] (Russian)

Inflected forms

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