Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Lancepesade

Lancepesade , noun

[French lancepessade, lanspessade, anspessade, Italian lancia spezzata a broken lance or demilance, a demilance roan, a light horseman, bodyguard.]

An assistant to a corporal; a private performing the duties of a corporal; -- called also lance corporal. [Obsolete]