bomb lance


noun
  1. a harpoon fitted with an explosive head.

Origin of bomb lance

1
First recorded in 1900–05

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How to use bomb lance in a sentence

  • Then came the dull explosion of the bomb-lance somewhere in the vitals of the whale.

    Swept Out to Sea | W. Bertram Foster
  • Nearly all of our whale ships, however, are supplied with the fatal and destructive bomb lance.

    The Arctic Whaleman | Lewis Holmes
  • The bomb lance may be fired with effect at a whale, at a distance of about fifty yards or more.

    The Arctic Whaleman | Lewis Holmes
  • Mr. Gibson went over backward, exploding the gun and sending the bomb-lance into the air.

    Swept Out to Sea | W. Bertram Foster
  • The bomb-lance and gun are all very well; but the harpoon is the real weapon on which the whaleman must depend.

    Swept Out to Sea | W. Bertram Foster