Jăve'lin, n.

(jăv'lin), n. [Fr. javeline, Sp. jabalina, It. giavelina, and Fr. javelot, O. Fr. gevelot, It. giavelotto, Armor. gavelod, gaulin, M. H. Ger. gabbiôt, Ir. gabul, spear, lance, a gubal, fork; W. gaflach, fork or angle, a barbed or bearded spear, a kind of hunting-pole, gaf, fork or angle. Cf. GAVELOCK.] A sort of spear about five feet and a half long, the shaft of which was of wood, but pointed with steel, anciently used by horse or foot.