Launces meaning : 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. A spear or harpoon used by whalers and fishermen. A soldier armed with a lance; a lancer. An instrument which conveys the charge of a piece of ordnance and forces it home. (founding) A small iron rod which suspends the core of the mold in casting a shell. One of the small paper cases filled with combustible composition, which mark the outlines of a figure. A lancet. Sand eel, sand lance, fish of the family Ammodytidae A balance.