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Date: 1400-1500
Origin: Early French javeline, from Old French javelot, probably from a Celtic language

javelin

 noun
     
Related topics: Other Sports
jav‧e‧lin [countable]
1DSO a long stick with a pointed end, thrown as a sport
2

the javelin

DSO a sports event in which competitors throw a javelin
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