lance
noun
°A weapon of war, consisting of a long shaft or handle and a steel blade or head; a spear carried by horsemen.
°A wooden spear, sometimes hollow, used in jousting or tilting, designed to shatter on impact with the opposing knight’s armour.
verb
°To pierce with a lance, or with any similar weapon.
°To open with a lancet; to pierce; as, to lance a vein or an abscess.