Definition of Lancigay

Definition of Lancigay

{ Lance"gay`, Lance"gaye` } (?), n. [OF. lancegaie, corrupted from the same source as E. assagai, under the influence of F. lance lance. See Assagai.] A kind of spear anciently used. Its use was prohibited by a statute of Richard II. Nares.

In his hand a launcegay,
A long sword by his side.

Chaucer.

- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

A type of spear.

- The Nuttall Encyclopedia

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