English Dictionary

plumbata

noun

(historical) A lead-weighted dart, used by soldiers in Antiquity and the Middle Ages.

The Roman soldier threw a plumbata at his enemy.

意味（1）

(historical) A lead-weighted dart, used by soldiers in Antiquity and the Middle Ages.

The plumbata was an ancient Roman version of the lawn dart—a weighted projectile with a sharp point that was lobbed underhanded toward its target. And like the lawn dart, the plumbata killed its share of people. […] A typical Roman legionary could carry up to four plumbata inside his shield, […]