javelin
n.n. a long, thin spear with a metal point that you throw as a sport. It is used in track and field events to see who can throw it the farthest.
n. a long, slender throwing weapon with a metal tip, used in the sport of track and field. It is designed to be thrown by hand from a standing position.
The athlete holds the javelin tightly before the throw.
During the track and field competition, the javelin was thrown over fifty meters into the field.
The athlete's technique involves a complex sequence of movements to maximize the distance of the javelin while maintaining control over the weapon's trajectory.
From Middle English chafeveleyn, gavelong, from Old French javelline, diminutive of javelot, diminutive of javel, from Vulgar Latin gabalus, from Gaulish gabulum (compare Old Irish gabul (“fork”), Welsh gafl), from Proto-Celtic gablā (“fork, forked branch”), from Proto-Indo-European gʰeh₁bʰ-. The Old French term was also borrowed into Middle Low German as gaveline, and into Middle High German as gabilot. Cognate with gavelock, gaffle.