English to afrikaans meaning of

javelin

Die woordeboekdefinisie van die woord "spiesgooi" is 'n ligte spies wat tipies as 'n mededingende sport of wapen gegooi word. Die spies word gewoonlik van hout, veselglas of koolstofvesel gemaak en het 'n puntige metaalpunt. Dit word algemeen gebruik in baan- en veldbyeenkomste waar die doel is om die spies so ver moontlik te gooi, en het ook 'n geskiedenis van gebruik as 'n wapen in verskeie kulture deur die geskiedenis.

Sentence Examples

  1. Expecting the drop but still taken unawares when it occurred and went like a javelin into the water.
  2. She was one of the greatest long-distance runners and javelin throwers of her generation.
  3. When I heard them talking of bull-fights taking place, and of javelin games, and of acting plays, I asked my brother, who is a year younger than myself, to tell me what sort of things these were, and many more that I had never seen he explained them to me as well as he could, but the only effect was to kindle in me a still stronger desire to see them.
  4. A sapien wearing leather armor and a metal helmet popped up on the ridge above and hurled a long javelin at them.
  5. It was instinctual more than anything that I rose my sword in time to shatter an incoming javelin of ice.
  6. Then with the left hand you pull out the javelin and load it.
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