Meanings of broken lance in English

You see the broken lance that lies there by his right foot.

The action had all the symbolism of a broken lance, the declaration of war.

Others sported sigils he did not know; broken lance, green viper, burning tower, winged chalice.

Beside it were a broken lance and two arrows.

Then with each piece he belabored the poor Knight till the broken lance flew into splinters.

Olivier spurred over the field, crushing the pagans and beating them down with his broken lance.

Jaime Lannister tossed down his broken lance and snatched up a fresh one, jesting with his squire.

The other Ser Humfrey lay motionless in a lake of bloodstained mud, a broken lance protruding from his groin.

Give them complete success, and you will be flung aside, as the splinters of a broken lance are tossed out of the tilt-yard.

He fell dead beside his companion, who was rolling in the snow, and making violent efforts to tear the broken lance from his wound.

A tunneled, revetted, embrasured and battlemented citadel filled with rusty armor and broken lances.

"Poor old Knight with the Broken Lance," she said.

Wheeling their horses about at the far end of the lists, the knights tossed down their broken lances and accepted replacements from the squires.

"Lady Moon, shine softly on my Knight of the Broken Lance," she whispered, as she closed her eyes.

"Could you beat that knight?" Myrrima asked as the victor circled the field with his broken lance held high.