Boar_spear

Boar spear

Boar spear

Type of spear primarily used for boar hunting

A boar spear is a spear used for boar hunting. It is relatively short and heavy and has two "lugs" or "wings" on the spearsocket behind the blade, which act as a barrier to prevent the spear from penetrating too deeply into the quarry where it might get stuck or break, and to stop an injured and furious boar from working its way up the shaft of the spear to attack the hunter.[1]

Boar spear head, c. 1430, length 42 centimeters (17 in).

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References

  1. [1]
    Strutt, Joseph (1801). The Sports and Pastimes of the People of England: From the Earliest Period, Including the Rural and Domestic Recreations, May Games, Mummeries, Pageants, Processions and Pompous Spectacles. Methuen & Company. p. 14. Retrieved 11 February 2018.
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