A series of contests in which a number of contestants compete and the one that prevails through the final round or that finishes with the best record is declared the winner, In later times, a contest of skill in which men on horseback riding at full speed strove to carry off on their spears a certain number of rings hung just over their heads, Encounter; shock of battle

Plural form of spear, verb_ Third-person singular simple present indicative form of spear.