fire lance

English

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.

Synonyms

• fire spear

Translations

spear with one or more flamethrowers attached

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 火槍／火枪 (zh) (huǒqiāng), 火枪 (zh) (huǒqiāng)

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• Finnish: tulipeitsi
• Russian: о́гненное копьё n (ógnennoje kopʹjó), копьё я́ростного огня́ n (kopʹjó járostnovo ognjá)