0 a long stick with a pointed end that is thrown in sports competitions --
She was first in the javelin.
1 a long, pointed stick that is thrown in sports competitions, or the sport in which this stick is thrown --
Infantry armed with javelins were used for operations in mountain regions.
One was the greater use of peltasts, light infantry armed with spear and javelins.
Skilled with javelins, spears and bows, she was an excellent horsewoman and commanded her own battalion.
Archers were frequently protected by infantry equipped with shields, javelins, and longswords.
They fought by making an impetuous charge following a shower of javelins and darts.
The horseman chasing should have blunted javelins to throw at the other.
The infantry adopted a looser fighting formation distinct from the earlier tightly packed hoplite shield wall, and soldiers began to carry javelins.
He also uses javelins with a grappling hook and an explosive setting on occasion.
